[MacDV] Sony HVR-V1U - a good choice for a mac editing station with Final Cut?

[James Asherman]

I don't know about DM tapes,( special DV tapes for HD ?) but I looked  
up the camera. It looks interesting. 3 Cmos Sony. HDV.
It appears to take pretty regular DV cassettes. But likes DVCAM  
cassettes better.
Since it has the firewire It should work for straight capture with DV  
and DVCAM.
But when using the HDV format it probably needs to do a data transfer  
from the USB. (Log and Transfer in FCP)
some specs:
Tape Format DVCAM Small Cassette
HDV Record and Play
DVCAM Record and Play
DV Record and Play
Tape Speed HDV: 18.8 mm/s
DVCAM: 28.2 mm/s
DV SP Mode: 18.8 mm/s
Signal-to-Noise Ratio Not Specified by Manufacturer
Maximum Recording Time HDV: 63 min (with PHDVM-63DM Cassette) DVCAM:  
41 min (with PHDVM-63DM Cassette) DV: 63 min (with PHDVM-63DM Cassette)
Audio Dynamic Range Not Specified by Manufacturer
Audio Signal Format HDV
MPEG1 Audio Layer II DVCAM/DV
16-bit/48kHz 2 Channel Mode
12-bit/32kHz 4 Channel Mode
Audio Frequency Response 20Hz to 20kHz
Signal to Noise Ratio Not Specified by Manufacturer
Input and Output Connectors Composite Video: RCA (x1 Output, A/V Out  
10-pin Connector Jack)
Component Video (x1 Output) HDV/DV I/O: i.LINK FireWire Interface
Audio: XLR 3-Pin (x1 Input)
Headphones: Stereo Mini Jack
LANC: Stereo Mini-mini (2.5mm) Jack
USB: Mini-B Connector
HDMI Output: HDMI Connector
On Apr 4, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Shirley Kehr wrote:

> No opinion, just a question. What's a DM cassette and where do you  
> find them? Google wasn't much help.
>
> Shirley
>
> On Apr 3, 2008, at 8:57 PM, Greg Brown wrote:
>
>> I'd like some opinions on this camera, if anyone has any.
>
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