The big difference in quality is the lens. That said, the little Sony HC-3 takes a pretty good picture, much improved from the sub-$1,000 DV cameras. I don¹t know who your viewers are, or what they will be comparing your video to, but if you mean notice a difference between standard DV and HDV, yes, they should notice an improvement. Make sure you use an external mic for all audio. Audio is 50% of the perceived quality of an image. regards, sb On 10/18/06 1:07 PM, "Greg Brown" <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> HD cameras are a lot more expensive. The least expensive is the Panasonic >> HVX200 which costs about $6,000, plus the P2 cards (instead of video tape) > > *GASP* > > Ok, HDV it is. Will my viewers notice any quality difference when viewing the > high def video? > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20061018/e8efd220/attachment.html