[MacDV] Panasonic PV-GS70 camcorder

[Ryan Sutter]

Hi Norm,

I just got a Panasonic PV-GS70 last night.  My experiences are 
therefore somewhat limited.  I can tell you, however, that I shot some 
footage around the house and hooked it up to my TiBook (running Jaguar) 
and the camera was perfectly compatible with both FCP and iMovie.  I 
imported the footage and it looked great.  The GS70 does support A/D 
Passthrough and although I haven't tried it yet, I intend to tonight to 
convert some old videos I have on VHS, I don't anticipate any problems 
but I will let you know how it works out for me.  I have heard that the 
only real Mac incompatibility is that the USB access to the memory card 
for still photos doesn't work with Macs but I don't know if that's true 
or not yet.  I'll be trying that tonight as well.  It's not like I 
intend to use it as a digital still camera anyhow, but it would be nice 
to know.

Ryan

On Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at 08:32  PM, Norm Lamoureux wrote:

> Hi all, Has anyone had any experiences, good or bad
> with using a Panasonic PV-GS70 camcorder? I am running
> OSX on a PowerMac G4 tower with dual 1.42 processors.
> I like what I have read about this camcorder so far,
> but can't find any info on using it with a Mac. I am
> waiting for a reply from Panasonic. I need to use the
> camcorder for "Analog to Digital pass through", like
> the Canon camcorders have. In other words, plugging in
> a VCR and sending the video through the camcorder and
> onto my hard drive, without having to record onto tape
> first. Any info would be appreciated.
>
> Thank's
> Norm L.
>
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