I'm using a JVC GZ-HD7 which also uses a 60GB hard drive and also a 4gb SD memory card for stills. This one is HD and it has both the LCD screen and a LCD view finder. It puts its video into TOD files which some NLE's can import directly but Premiere CS3 cannot - therefore I have to use JVC software to convert the files from TOD into HD mpeg2 for Premiere. Like Alan's Sony it also starts a new file when the files gets large, but this one does it at 4gb. I tend to take many shorter clips rather than just letting the camera run so as yet I don't know whether frames are lost at the break.
It does a nice job video-wise and I like not having to deal with tapes. But since HD's are not removable, the downside of them is when someone is away such as a trip, fills up the HD, and has no access to an off-loading computer HD archive device, they're stuck. But if you can get back to the "office" regularly they are great. JVC does have an optional direct camera-to-BluRay-DVD device which may help on trips, but I don't have one and don't know how they work. Lee From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan K Baker Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AP] Hard drive camcorders Yes Becky, I am using a Sony DCR-SR70 which has a 60 GB hard drive. This was an essential for me, as I record stage shows which will usually last over 1 hour for each part of a two part performance. I now have no more worries about missing the beginning or end, as I can start the camera early and I also know that I won't run out of storage before the show finishes. I know I could run tapes in LP mode, but the quality really isn't good enough. I also have a 16hr battery, so that if there's no external power available, or I can't run a cable, I will not run the battery flat before the end of a session. The touch screen is extremely useful for 'spot-focussing' and 'spot-exposure and metering'. My camcorder has one or two 'down-sides'! Not being an HD camera, Sony in their infinite wisdom decided not to put a proper viewfinder on it, relying just on the touch screen. The lack of viewfinder is a pain in bright daylight or sunlight and I had to have a special visor made to fit the touch screen, which of course means I can't use the touch screen when the hood's fitted. Most of the new HD cams seem to be fitted with a proper viewfinder and touch screen, so I might try to afford one of those one day! :-) The camera outputs in mpeg format into USB2, which is much faster than playing AVI files through Firewire in real time. However, I have had problems with downloads to the computer, as the camera breaks files into 2Gb clips which loose a few frames in the transfer, but I can put the files together again without loss, using VideoReDo. Premiere Pro is quite happy with either format and I usually download the mpg files into the computer the import them into PP3. Over all, I'm fairly happy with it, but we can all wish for better things. :-) Regards, Alan. www.theatreorgans.co.uk Admin: ConnArtistes, UKShopsmiths, 2nd Touch & A-P groups Shopsmith 520 + bits Flatulus Antiquitus ----- Original Message ----- From: becky heller To: [email protected] <mailto:Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 1:33 PM Subject: [AP] Hard drive camcorders Hi, anybody using hard drive camcorders yet? And if you are, how do you like them? Becky [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [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/
