My personal preference is a Sony digital 8 camera. They ignored the small tape and stuck with their proven transports. I think it was a good decision. The old Sony I have does solid conversion from NTSC to digital. KenMc On Dec 19, 2005, at 11:01 AM, David Minard wrote: > I am going on a trip to a far away land and don't want to take my 2 > year-old Canon DV, which has been lately eating the odd tape. Any > thoughts on likely mid-price-range (4-6 hundred) mini-dv candidates? > > TIA. > David Minard/Design > c/o Kelly Libby & Hoopes > 8th Floor > 175 Federal St. > Boston, MA 02110 > 617.426.4968 (office) > 617.480.4748 (cell) > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984