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Posted by Jim S on 02/05/07 20:25
"Steve M" <nomail@for.me> wrote in message
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>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?
> - 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??
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> I would love to hear of your experiences with these things as it relates
> to the questions above. Thanks much,
> Steve
>
Have you thought about a camcorder that uses the new high definition AVCHD
standard, which is a derivative of MPEG-4 H.264 codec. Have a look, for
example, at the Sony HDR-SR1:
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-HDR-SR1-Camcorder-Review.htm
Sony Vegas 7 video editing software will support the AVCHD camcorder format
in Spring 2007.
http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/products/product.asp?PID=404&PageID=40
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