FIREWIRE broken / How should I shoot for Alternate Camera Transfer?

[Staracer]

My firewire is gone on my DVX 100b. I had it looked at, and it's going to cost $1100 here in Canada to fix it. In the meantime, I have stuff to shoot and I am wondering how I should shoot (I want 24p look) to be able to transfer using another cheap camcorder to transfer my footage. I edit with Vegas (PC). Should I shoot non-adavanced 24fps, reg 24fps, or icky 29 and then try to change it in rendering. I guess my main question is, "will the regular camcorder preserve the look of the DVX 24fps or not? Thanks, I'm going crazy here. :(

[Blaine]

You can shoot 24pa and use a cheap camcorder to transfer, no problem. Once it's recorded on the tape, the camcorder just passes it through to your computer.

[Staracer]

So then it's probably cheaper and smarter to just buy a $200 camera instead of even bothering with the firewire on my DVX (plus all the time - wear on the camera it takes to do the transfers) ? Thanks, I hope it works

[scorsesefan]

It's no problem. I use a cheapo Samsung mini-dv cam. You really shouldn't being using your DVX as a capture deck anyway...

[Casalen]

I've heard that certain cameras don't play it back right, but I've never actually seen it. When I had a DVX the firewire was broken, and I never even noticed until a few years later when I wanted to use it for stop action. It's always a better idea to use a cheap deck with a camera like that, even if the firewire worked fine. You can find them for $100 if you look hard enough.