[MacDV] DV 8/mini dv and quality

[James Asherman]

On Wednesday, December 17, 2003, at 09:59  PM, Simon Briggs wrote:

>
> On Tuesday, December 16, 2003, at 08:26  AM, Macintosh Digital Video 
> List wrote:
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>> still use them by hooking the old camera up to the new one and 
>> converting to digital.
>
> actually he just plays them in his DV camera and it converts them.
> and if any one can tell the difference between a mini DV and digi 8 in 
> a finished consumer made movie ... they are a better person than me, 
> my digi 8 made dvd's for personal use are really good.
>
> simon briggs
>
>


I have had good experences with digital8 being brought in. That said, 
the cameras I saw had low resolution for my tatstes and the tapes 
themselves are quite flimsy and loose seeming.  What I saw was sort of 
like a good VHS picture but with ZERO noise which makes up for whatever.
Jim