Posted by nappy on 09/02/07 17:19

"nobody special" <msu1049321@aol.com> wrote in message
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> HDV cameras at this early stage are expensive overkill, complicating
> the editing as well as the camera choices. I woudl also stay away from
> disk-based DVD camcorders as they are a pain to edit with. Plain
> vanilla DV25 with firewire into only an "average" computer, is a
> marvelous way to start. And should they abandon this line of endeavor,
> you are not out a lot of money.
>

there are an abundance of cheap used HDV cams out there. I believe most of
them shoot DV25 also..
I didn't buy into HDV because of the format's problems so I'm with ya
there..

but they're cheap on the used market..

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