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Posted by Ryan Boni on 10/06/64 11:28
Hey blackburst,
It's always good to see others who are in the same boat as I am!!
Unfortunately as Richard & Anthony said there isn't much yet in the low
end for tapeless acquistion.
We're looking to finally getting around next year to putting the
infrastructure in place at our Public Access facility to be able to use
a server and link our edit suites, control room & playback and get as
close to tapeless as possible. Especially now that TB storage drives
are down into the $1000 range.
However, we've had horrible experiences with lower end equipment
(durability, lack of respect for equipment on the part of users, etc.)
with any attempt we've made to go that direction, so I can't really
speak from too much experience there. My purchase of a GL-1 quite a
few years back still haunts me as one of my worst purchases during my
tenure here (although it gives a great picture in its current job of
being suspended from our studio ceiling for overhead shots during some
programs.)
Anyway, getting back on topic...
We've been experimenting with the FireStore on our Sony DSR-250 and
plan to buy another for our JVC 5000 next year, I imagine as these
items get more use out there, some manufacturer will create one that
sticks onto the battery slot of consumer models, or something similar
and sticks into the Firewire of the camcorder.
Probably the best current available option is an external capture
device like the Laird CapDiv. Although its $900 price tag is probably
a lot more than you'll want to spend for use with a $300 camcorder.
Ryan
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Ryan Boni
Public Access Director
Peters Township Community Television
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