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Posted by Larry in AZ on 10/20/49 11:45
Waiving the right to remain silent, "Richard Crowley"
<richard.7.crowley@intel.com> said:
> "Bible John" wrote ...
>> Is the night vision found on many mini DV cameras better for
>> shooting in night than the light on many of the analog cameras?
>
> Both "night vision" and those little toy on-camera lights are
> sales gimmics. Nobody uses them seriously. Are you shooting
> clandestine surveilence video? Are you a private investigator?
> You don't really need to wait until night-time to videotape people
> breaking several of the 10 commandments any more.
>
>> I have tapes from my 2001 Florida trip that are on VHS and still
>> play crystal clear. VHS does not deteriate as fast as you advertise.
>> Nice sales pitch to get people to go to DVD.
>
> You really have some profound confusion going on here. I have
> repeated redundantly over and over again and again that tape
> has a MUCH longer life expectation than any field-burnable
> optical format. You are still confusing me with somebody else.
I recently made DVDs of some old vacation footage I had shot on SVHS.
Much of it dates back to 1988 and 1989. Seventeen to eighteen years old,
and it all played flawlessly. I suspect that living in a very dry climate
and storing the tapes properly helps...
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Larry Jandro
Video Engineering & Equipment Rentals
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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