Sony now makes a digital master tape that runs 85 minnits on a little field tape (DV SP speed)
js Alan K Baker wrote: > > > At a guess, I'd say that one other possible way is to buy a broadcast > quality camera with no internal recording and export the clips to > computer in real time. Obviously the PC is still using mechanical > components, but you can minimise data loss by use of RAID. > > A really viable alternative is to wait for a while until the next > generation of flash HDDs is on sale. This promises to be one of the > biggest breakthroughs in HDD technology for a very long time, and it's > ideally suited to portable devices, such as camcorders and laptops. > > One thing to watch for when contemplating a new device is viewfinding > facilities. My original Sony Digital DCR-TRV340E still gives excellent > service and has a B/W viewfinder as well as a colour LCD screen. It's > main disadvantage is that tapes only last for 1 hour, and often with the > shows that I record, each half will last more than 1 hour! My wife > bought me a birthday present of a Sony DSR-TRV70E (as a surprise, so I > didn't get to review it before purchase) which has a 60Gb HDD and I now > have a battery that will give up to 16 hours recording on one charge! It > has two disadvantages - it's file transfer capability (USBII) is > abysmal, but I have overcome that problem. It's worst fault is that it > has no 'proper' viewfinder, so it's useless in bright daylight or > sunlight! It also has no direct output when recording so I can't even > view real time recording on a laptop! Too many silly gimmicks like > 'touch screen' and instant DVD burn which (IMO) are for nerds. A proper > viewfinder would be a far better facility for the money. That HandyCam > was over 600GBP last January, but is only worth about 300GBP second hand > now. Birthday present or not, I can't wait to cut my losses and sell it, > to buy an HD machine that has a real viewfinder, but that means I need > to put another 400GBP to the selling price! > > Regards, > > Alan. > > www.theatreorgans.co.uk > Admin: ConnArtistes, UKShopsmiths, 2nd Touch & A-P groups > Shopsmith 520 + bits > Flatulus Antiquitus > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rieni > To: [email protected] > <mailto:Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:14 PM > Subject: [AP] Alternatives for shooting to tape? > > For example, the Panasonic AG-HVX200 records to both tape and P2 > card. Mechanical tape drive problems in my Sony PD150 are my direct > reason for shopping for a new camcorder, the rest of my PD150 is > still in perfect condition. So replacing it with a camcorder without > mechanical parts would be good. > > What realistic alternatives do we have for recording using mechanical > parts (thus no tape, no DVD, no harddisk recording)? > > Rieni > > . > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
