Posted by Richard Crowley on 12/23/91 11:28

"AnthonyR" wrote ...
> Richard, i respect your perfectionism when it come to highest quality
> possible video capture. And also agree about
> the miniDVD camcorders. Although for capturing family videos, they
> still are a huge leap forward to what I had growing up which was
> 8mm film, 3 minutes at a time, needed developing and had scratches and
> dust after a while not to mention, film was just difficult to set up
> view and enjoy.
> So compared to that, I think we both agree, a miniDVD camcorder even
> with it's 20 minutes limitation, and mpeg capture, limited editing
> etc..
> is so much better than home movies enthusiasts and hobbyist had to use
> in the past generations. Right? :)

I am infamous in these circles for my skepticism of temporally-
compressed formats (video and audio).

According to a post just yesterday in rec.arts.movies.production.sound,
Kodak recently announted a new super-8 film stock for professional
use.

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