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Posted by Richard Crowley on 02/05/07 16:06
"Steve M" wrote ...
>I am considering jumping from tape-based DV cameras to a hard-drive based
>camera. Two things are holding me up:
>
> - the quality - will it be as good as DV?
If it is a DV camera, then the quality will be exactly as good as DV.
If it is an MPEG, etc. camera, then no.
> - the file format - will it be compatable with most current editing
> software without conversion (and loss of quality) of some sort?
>
> And yet another question about the way these things work - when I shoot,
> say, 3 shots with the camera at a given session, are those 3 shots saved
> as 3 distinct files, to be copied from the camera HD to my PC? Or is
> there another strategy? There being no tape, I assume it is not possible
> to "back up and record over" exisiting footage without some extra steps??
>
> I would love to hear of your experiences with these things as it relates
> to the questions above. Thanks much,
These are not generic questions with generic answers.
If you have a specific make/model to ask about then you
might get some specific answers.
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