Capturing with another Mini DV camera?

[RomanJaquez]

I am thinking about buying a miniDV camera so that I can use it to capture the footage from the DVX into my PowerBook G4. I am considering the Canon ZR100 Mini DV Digital Video Camcorder or something similar.

Is capturing with a camera of lower performance (than the DVX100A) going to loose quality of the video? What are the disadvantages of doing it this way... other than capturing from the DVX or a professional deck?

The only thing I will be worry about is loosing image and sound quality.

Thank you all,

 

[RomanJaquez]

Anybody please!!!

 

[chum...p]

try the hardware forum, I posted a thread there last week.

 

[Jim Brennan]

I use my Canon zr-20, which is an ancient version of the zr-100. It works great.

 

[RomanJaquez]

Just did

 

[Frizzle Fry]

capturing with a miniDV camcorder will not cause any loss of quality whatsoever. it's all 1's and 0's. the only thing to consider is that certain camcorders won't transfer the timecode from dvx footage. not sure about the z100. this has been discussed in the past, you should be able to dig up something in a search as to which cameras will do the job with timecode intact.