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Posted by Richard Crowley on 02/22/07 23:15
"rp911" wrote ...
> I'm getting into some video editing, mostly music shot of a band I
> play in. It's being done on a pro camcorder in the MiniDV format. I
> have the master tapes in hand, and I'm looking for a cost-effective
> way to get the video into my Mac Pro. If I buy a preowned, entry level
> consumer MiniDV camera (for $200 or so) with an eye only to using it
> to play the MiniDV tapes already recorded on a superior camera, am I
> losing anything in quality on the video transfer?
Assuming that both cameras are in adjustment (so
that the tape plays properly), then no you will not
lose anything.
This is because capturing the video only involves
taking the ones and zeroes written by the pro
camera and transfering them straight across to
DV-MOV files (or whatever) on your Mac.
> Likewise, if I were to take this lesser camera to a show, can it be
> somehow slaved to the better camera to record what he's recording at
> the same time?
Not really. But you have a good chance that it will be
good enough to use in a typical production where you
are switching between the two (or more?) cameras.
At each point where you switch to the "slave camera",
you can slide the clip on the timeline so that it matches
the master sound track from the pro camera. Many
people do this all the time. It sounds harder than it
really is.
> Apologies for my lack of knowledge, but you have to start somewhere!
We all started there.
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