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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Don’t buy a Canon. You should be fine with a Sony or Panasonic.<BR>
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You’ll probably want pass thru so you’ll 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.<BR>
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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 who’s video’s 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. <BR>
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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 PD’s shoot DVCam, not MiniDV.<BR>
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hth,<BR>
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sb<BR>
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On 11/17/2004 10:30 AM, "Vtstream" <vtstream@yahoo.com> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>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, <BR>
I still want to be able to play the mini dv cassettes into my computer and thought that if <BR>
I bought a pretty good single ccd camera, I could do this when the 3CCD camera is not available and save some money. <BR>
This way I can get at least some sort of camera to own and still be able to play the <BR>
tapes without degrading the image quality. <BR>
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. <BR>
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SteveJ<BR>
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