Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/24

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Subject: RE: [Leica] DEADLINE I*AQ - 'camera operator'
From: Tim Atherton <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:16:19 -0700

> In documentaries and news in the UK 'Cameraman' was used in news & 
> current affairs to designate a DoP working without a Camera Operator in 
> the field, and if it was a woman we said 'Camerawoman' or 'Camera 
> Person' or 'DP' (sounds American to a Brit). We would only use 'Camera 
> Operator' if it was a two camera setup and the DP had a deputy.
> 
> In other words 'Cameraman' and 'Camera Operator' are not 
> interchangeable. I have NEVER heard 'Camera Operator' used in the sense 
> of 'Gender Neutral term for Cameraman'. 'Camera Person' is the closest.

CBC probably had the intern write the website...
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