[MacDV] FCP, Camcorders that work?

[Frank Fitzpatrick]

I hope you're right, Brett, but I'm concerned because in 1999 (I know - 
ancient history) I bought a Sony DCR-TRV9 with iLink - which is Sony's 
trademark for IEEE1394/firewire, and 2 years later DV magazine (or was 
it Videographer) reported that the early version (mine) of that model 
was NOT compatible with Apple's firewire! I had nothing but trouble, 
but of course this was the first year of firewire in Macs and version 1 
of Final Cut Pro!
Thanks, Brett.

Frank Fitzpatrick
Cranston, RI

On Jan 5, 2006, at 11:38 PM, Brett Conlon wrote:

>
> Hi Frank,
>
> I believe that as long as it has a Firewire (IEEEwhatever) port then 
> you're fine.
>
> It then comes down to the features you want on the camera.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Coj
>
>
>
> Frank Fitzpatrick <ffitzpatrick at cox.net>
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> [MacDV] FCP, Camcorders that work?
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> I have the compatibility lists that Apple puts out for FCP 4.5 and 5.0.
>  I'm looking for a Sony firewire camcorder but not overly expensive.
>  Unfortunately, the FCP compatible camcorders listed officially by 
> Apple
>  for Sony are mostly discontinued models!
>
>  I see that Walt is using a DCR-TRV22 which works apparently but is not
>  listed.
>
>  Feel free to chime in with other Sony models that you know work with
>  Final Cut Pro 4.5 (also called HD). For example, I did a search on
>  pricegrabber.com for a DCR-HC85 that brought up 2 listings, both of
>  which turned out to REALLY be DCR-HC90s. Is this actually an updated
>  new version of Sony's DCR-HC85? Weird.
>
>  Any advice is appreciated! This list and its people are great.
>
>  Frank Fitzpatrick
>  Cranston, RI
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