[MacDV] MiniDV vs Digital-8

[Joe Camporesi]

Before I was doing this for real I bought a Digital-8 (in 1999 or so) as a
less expensive option.. I pretty sure you can find a mini-dv for around the
same price as digital 8 ..

Joe Camporesi

On 12/20/03 7:02 AM, "David Crump" <davecrump at mac.com> wrote:

> <snip>
> And to those who didn't think much of the Sony Digital-8 solution, were
> your comments based on your experiences with these cameras? This is the
> first I've heard anyone say that Digital-8 was not as good as mini-DV.
> Obviously, Digital-8 is Sony proprietary and they might want to stick
> with mini-DV for that reason. But there is certainly no difference
> between the resolution that is related to the kind of tape you use. The
> DV standard can be written to a Hi-8 tape or to a mini-DV, but it is
> the same standard. If there's a difference in the quality, it would be
> based on the quality of the lens and camera, not the tape on which you
> write. 
> </snip>
> 
> I did some looking around, and this is from Sony's website describing their
> Digital-8 Cameras:
> "Digital8 Format 500 lines of horizontal resolution"
> They don't list resolution of their MiniDV cameras, but I thought MiniDV
> resolution was greater than that (although probably not a large enough
> difference for the average eye to see on a regular sized television).  I'm
> sure resolution must be standard with all MiniDV and someone here probably
> knows what it is off the top of their head (not me).  Wouldn't that just be
> the vertical pixel count? (i.e. If I set my monitor to 800x600 I will have 600
> lines of horizontal resolution?)
> 
> 
> 
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