Hi Eugene, This may seem old fashioned, but I'm not ready to accept the tradeoffs currently associated with solid state or HDD storage camcorders. I use a Canon HV30, which is HD, uses FireWire, allows direct capture, and will even route analog SD video on the fly to the FireWire interface (to convert old videos).
I still see an HV40 model available on Amazon for $699, so maybe Canon's still making these. -- Mark On Feb 9, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Joar Wingfors wrote: > Hello Eugene, > > All consumer camcorders use USB today, that's just the way it is. USB doesn't > support live capture like FW did. Your best bet would be to use the HDMI out > of a camcorder that supports that (with the benefit of getting uncompressed > video). > > j o a r > > > > On Feb 9, 2011, at 0:32, Eugene <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'll be in the market for an HD camcorder too. But my main concern is >> with USB. Are there still performance issues, especially when recording >> video straight to the computer via USB? The pros prefer Firewire, but >> the consumer camcorder space is mostly USB. > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
