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dmchord
06-12-2009, 02:09 AM
A friend of mine insists that he knows someone who's shooting HD with Mini DV.

I was under the impression that this wasn't possible. I'm certain you can't do it on the HVX.

It looks like the Sony HDR-HC9 shoots HDV to tape. Does it use the same standard MiniDV tapes that I use with my HVX? Is HDV a proprietary thing, like, when I get a P@ card I'll be shooting DVCPRO HD, which is Panasonic's?

Jarek Zabczynski
06-12-2009, 02:12 AM
Same tapes...just using the HDV codec instead of DV. Only HDV cameras can record HD on mini-DV tapes. The HVX is not a HDV camera.