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Posted by Acurajustin1978 on 08/20/06 05:25
P.C. Ford wrote:
> On 19 Aug 2006 20:04:51 -0700, Acurajustin1978@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> >I have a consumer leval camcorder - Canon ZR-85. It used miniDV. I
> >was thinking about getting a miniDV VCR to have near my computer so I
> >can Firewire in some footage without using the cam. But they're really
> >really expensive; so I'll just put that litel idea on hold.
> >When I was looking there were decks that has DVCAM miniDV. What is the
> >difference?
> >>From what I can tell DVCAM has been around the pro world since 1996 and
> >it much better quality than consumer level miniDV. DUh - that makes
> >sense.
> >Can one play a miniDV tape in a DVCAM marked deck? What about vice
> >versa?
>
> DVCAM has "locked" video. Supposed to stay in sync better. An hour
> tape only lasts 40 minutes at DVCAM speed. The tape rolls faster.
>
> Many professionals do not think DVCAM offers much improvement.
>
> YOu are correct. Decks are expensive. I got a DSR 11 for about $1k on
> Ebay. Works fine. Tape is easier to manipulate. Plus..it's just less
> Mickey Mouse than using a camera to input footage.....or worse
> yet....to do tape to tape editing.....as my former partner was doing
> on our PD150. I stress former partner.
>
> It was too much trouble to learn how to use his new G5.
>
> not kidding.
As in mac G5? I used one - but not for video editing. it was an R&D
project for something scientific. We clustered four of them and
created what I called a "ghetto supercomputer."
anyway, back to miniDV. Can a miniDV tape be played in one of these
DVCAM decks?
If not, is there such a thing as a miniDV deck?
One thing I'm worried about is wear and tear on the camera. I had one
failure on my Canon already - covered under warranty; I barely used the
damn thing. Back in 1992 I had a Canon 8mm camcorder die on me too.
Are Canons the bottom of the barrel? I'm looking for a new camcorder -
and I would like to stick with miniDV - something with a version of
Sony's optical Steadyshot. Canon has a digital image stabilization but
I think there's a quality loss in there somewhere. I'll look into
Hitachi and JVC>
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