That may be a false economy. Compared to the cost of all the other kit and time, tapes are one of the cheapest and most cost effective things you'll use. The cost of external hard drives for storage and backup of all the files, and the premium you'll pay for a good tapeless camera compared to a tape camera will outstrip the cost of tape stock. Not to mention, as Brook said, the cost of lost data when your Hard drives fail. You should be able to pick up DV tapes for about $3 each online, or even less. That's $3 per hour of footage. And you can reuse them, either for more shooting or for backing up the stuff you want to keep.
Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 28-Apr-09, at 9:21 PM, Jason Daniels wrote: > > > we were hoping to avoid the expense of tapes. > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Brook Hinton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > There is also the fact, meaningful in an educational setting, that > tape > > provides an automatic media backup iwhen hard drives fail (and > they will > > fail). > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > Brook Hinton > > film/video/audio art > > www.brookhinton.com > > studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > -- > Jason Daniels > Executive Director > Medfield.TV > -- > [email protected] > 508-359-7521 > http://medfield.tv > -- > "Access to our community" > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
