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Posted by PTravel on 10/23/07 21:13
"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote in message
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> "Bill" wrote ...
>> Just out of curiousity, why would you even need the firewire port?
>>
>> I virtually never capture my video from my VX2000. I run it off my small
>> consumer model camcorder. There is no difference in video quality, and
>> saves wear and tear on my good camera.
>
> I believe PTravel said that is exactly what his workaround is.
> But he is forced to do it because of the FW port, rather than
> doing it to save the VX2000 transport.
>
> OTOH, he could advertise the lower head drum hours
> because he never used it for capture. It might partially
> make up for the loss of value from the broken FW. :-)
Actually, that's good point (and I have a question). I don't think I've put
more than between 200 and 300 hours on the drum. Is that considered "low
hours" by professional standards? I realized, too, that I have a slew of
VX2000-specific accessories (rain cape, extra long-life batteries, good WA
lens, etc.) so I could probably net enough for the HV20, a new rain cape
(which I assume would be cheaper because it is much smaller) and a couple of
batteries.
>
>> However, you will have lost the ability to run video through the A/D
>> conversion using the composite inputs on the VX2000.
>
> You also lose the ability to feed the live video into your laptop
> to capture to hard drive, or to feed into an external Firestore,
> or to use for webcam-type applications, etc.
>
> I have an early-generation DSR-300 and frequently miss the
> Firewire port (which was added in later generations :-((
>
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