[MacDV] Re: Novice Question on Image Quality

[sb]

Don¹t buy a Canon. You should be fine with a Sony or Panasonic.

You¹ll probably want pass thru so you¹ll need analog inputs as well as
outputs, and you want a camera that supports the use of Firewire protocol
(not Firewire Basic). The lowest cost cameras only have analog output, so
watch out for that.

I had a Sony TRV22 and also a Panasonic GV something ­ I forget the exact
model number. They were used in a classroom and got handed around to many
students who¹s video¹s were shot on all sorts of cameras. Both of them
worked just fine, in both iMovie as well as Final Cut Pro. I bought both of
them at Circuit City at open box prices ­ under $400 each. They had been
turned on for a while, but no tapes were ever recorded.

If you think you might be getting footage shot on a PD100/150/170 (very
similar to the TRV900/950) then you will want a Sony, since the PD¹s shoot
DVCam, not MiniDV.

 hth,

 sb


On 11/17/2004 10:30 AM, "Vtstream" <vtstream at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well, the real reason I was asking the question is because I want to buy a
> camera and have a limited budget. Since I can borrow a 3 ccd camera to do most
> of my shooting, 
> I still want to be able to play the mini dv cassettes into my computer and
> thought that if 
> I bought a pretty good single ccd camera, I could do this when the 3CCD camera
> is not available and save some money.
> This way I can get at least some sort of camera to own and still be able to
> play the 
> tapes without degrading the image quality.
> Any suggestions on a decent single ccd camera that will play mini dv tape from
> a sony trv950 and a canon GL2?  I'm particularly interested in a camera that
> has superior sound recording ability. I realize this request may go a bit off
> topic but would appreciate input.
> Thanks
>  
> SteveJ
> 

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