Hattori_Hanzo
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Okay first, I would like to present my excuses for beating once again on a dead and rotting horse of a subject, but having searched the forums I still haven't found an answer that satisfies me.
I am in the process of buying myself a starting set of equipment for filming... (DVX 100B is what I went for, and I am mostly going to film at 24pA)
... and with around 500-600$ canadian left for a video capture equipment, I figure I have to go for the ''cheap camera for capture'' route.
I told this to the salesman and technician who sold me the DVX, and he told me that using such a camera (in the 500$ range) for capture would wear out the heads quite rapidly (with all the fast fowarding, rewinding and playing it has to do). I told him also about the need (or is it preference?) of a camera that is able to display timecode, and he also told me that the price range in such a case increases considerably.
This concerns me greatly, and I need other opinions on the matter, from people who are actually capturing their footage with a small and cheap mini DV camera. Actual brand and model that are good for the capture job, the timecode display matter (can't seem to find which camera does and which doesn't) and if the heads wearing down really is a serious problem at all... I want to be better informed.
As a starting point, I was considering the JVC GR-D250 model, which you can read about here: http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/JVC-GR-D250-Camcorder-Review.htm
The same article talks about some other entry level MiniDV camcorder.
Thank you.
I am in the process of buying myself a starting set of equipment for filming... (DVX 100B is what I went for, and I am mostly going to film at 24pA)
... and with around 500-600$ canadian left for a video capture equipment, I figure I have to go for the ''cheap camera for capture'' route.
I told this to the salesman and technician who sold me the DVX, and he told me that using such a camera (in the 500$ range) for capture would wear out the heads quite rapidly (with all the fast fowarding, rewinding and playing it has to do). I told him also about the need (or is it preference?) of a camera that is able to display timecode, and he also told me that the price range in such a case increases considerably.
This concerns me greatly, and I need other opinions on the matter, from people who are actually capturing their footage with a small and cheap mini DV camera. Actual brand and model that are good for the capture job, the timecode display matter (can't seem to find which camera does and which doesn't) and if the heads wearing down really is a serious problem at all... I want to be better informed.
As a starting point, I was considering the JVC GR-D250 model, which you can read about here: http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/JVC-GR-D250-Camcorder-Review.htm
The same article talks about some other entry level MiniDV camcorder.
Thank you.
