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Posted by Richard Crowley on 04/17/06 01:02
"Bible John" wrote ...
> Someone here recomended that I buy this for use with
> my JVC SXM250U to play and convert tapes on my
> ibook G4 (May 2005) or whatever the model was. Its
> a VHS-C camcorder.
The ADVC-100 has been replaced by the ADVC-110.
They are both great products that don't care whether they
are talking to a PC or a Mac. It also doesn't care whether
the source is VHS, S-VHS, VHS-C, 8mm, 3/4U, Betamax,
or any other analog format.
> The video is okay, and many, many, many times superior
> than thedigital video that any digital still camera I have used,
Nobody seriously expects still cameras to produce "video".
Nobody seriously expects video cameras to produce "stills".
The requirements are VERY different, and the market for
a gadget that does both well appears to be nonextant, perhaps
because it would cost way too much to be atractive.
> and this would include the Sony Mavica (which seems to
> be near the top of the still camera market). But then again
> these are video groups, and not still picture groups. I'm sure
> those in the photo group can tell me if the ifnormation I
> am giving is incorrect.
I have what was at one time the top-of-the-line Mavica,
but I would never dream of trying to use it for "video".
> I did some price checking on ebay among other places,
> and I see that this converter will cost almost as much as
> a low end digiral camcorder, am I correct?
Probably.
> Will a low end match the features of my JVC SXM250U
> model? This one is nice,and I especially like the backlight.
Hard to compare your JVC against a ??????.
OTOH, guaranteed that the cheapest mini-DV camera
will *record* better than the very best VHS machine
ever made. Whether a given mini-DV camcorder has a
better *camera* section can only be determined on a
case-by-case basis. There are lots of online resources
that review the imaging capabilities of camcorders.
If I were a betting man, I'd wager that you can likely
find an inexpensive mini-DV camcorder at least the
equal of your JVC VHS-C unit.
Richard Crowley in rec.video.production
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