firewire video analog converter

[sb]

Just be sure of the connections on the Digital Betacam machine. They are
usually SDI, not firewire or any of the analog inputs/outputs.

ProMax is advertising an "anything in, anything out" conversion box, but
it's over $2,000.
Another choice (for highest quality) is the DataVideo Tech component
converter box. It's about $600-$700, but again, you have to make sure that
the Digital Betacam deck you will be using has outputs other than the SDI.

It you are just going to use the analog composite output, then the Canopus
seems to be the most highly recommended of the consumer converters.

 sb

On 5/12/03 6:15 AM, "Fabian Ius" <Fabian_Ius at edu.yorku.ca> wrote:

> 
>> A salesperson told me that a Canopus ADVC-100 firewire converter will
>> allow me to copy video from a G$ onto digital betacam with good
>> quality.  Does that sound right or is it more of a prosumer converter?
> 
> Someone that I do business with does that on a regular basis.  He records to
> his Sony BetaCam via the Canopus ADVC-100, either from a G4 or another
> camcorder.  Of course, it depends on the quality of the original footage...
> i.e., was it recorded on
> miniDV, D8, Hi8, VHS, SVHS, etc.
> 
>