[arpinum]

It's been about two years since I've seen a real camera at work (nightmare on elm street). I do mostly tv though.

This has a lot to do with the labor negotiations 2-3 years ago. There are different unions covering film work and video work. When the video union signed a contract and the film people held out for a better deal, production companies saw that a lot of money in labor costs could be saved switching their productions to video. There was an almost overnight switch as you describe.