I respectfully disagree because I lived the analog to digital conversion life.
It cost more in time, conversions and stuff you have buy. I had a analog tape camera that in order to use footage I had to buy an analog to digital convert (Pyro A/V Link) hook it up, find software to convert (my editing software at the time didn't like Pyro) and then bring it into my software to edit and transcode again. Time sink. Huge. The school will have to live with this equipment for a long time. Tapes stocks are disappearing. I'm telling you it is far easier to make a DVD safety copy of raw footage and then do whatever. I think an upper level SD memory card or hard drive camcorder is the way to go. I'd lean toward the Panansonic, Canon lines with good optics and optical zoom. The new JVC camcorders released also should be checked out. Some of your students are gonna be Flip owners or might buy knock off so you would have the same issues about file compatibility. It helps if all the files are digital. My 0.02 cents Gena --- In [email protected], Rupert <rup...@...> wrote: > > 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 <bhin...@...> > > 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 > > -- > > jdani...@... > > 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] >
