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Posted by Rgr on 05/16/06 15:20
Bible John wrote:
> Anyone seen them? What I have seen so far have told me that MiniDV is the
> best. Who wants to pay $200 for a 2GB SD card only to capture 40 minutes of
> video? Heck even my analog VHS-C unit is better.
>
> It looks like I will stick with this one for awhile. But with MiniDV units
> dropping in price, perhaps I might want to buy one someday. It would be
> nice to capture the better quality, and be able to transfer my videos to my
> computer. Video capture cards seem to cost more than a new camcorder (thats
> a USB/Firewire device, since my ibook lacks a PCMCIA slot).
As the others have said, don't even think about getting a capture card,
go with digital. And with any digital camera, including MiniDV, you
don't need a capture card.
I was thinking of one of these for my GL-2:
http://tinyurl.com/fokte
As for your "tapeless camcorder" there are several on the market under
$1,000 that use 30 GB hard drives (or larger). Google up Everio from
JVC. There are other companies doing it too.
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