Is Shooting on HVX200 Tape Useless?

[FilmBoy77]

Yes you can plug the card straight into a laptop's PCMCIA slot and copy the contents over.

Having just one card is unnecessarily restrictive, but two 4GB cards can accomplish a tremendous amount.


You can.

oh cool, i didnt know u could copy over the data like that. i just read the FAQ's on the ipod function so thats cool apparently the people at panosonic actually have covered all their basis before putting this thing out.

yea i guess you're right about the p2 cards just will have to get 2 of them or an 8gb card. are there any places to get the p2 cards under $600 yet?

 

[Barry_Green]

yea i guess you're right about the p2 cards just will have to get 2 of them or an 8gb card.

Two 4's are vastly preferable to one 8. (but two 8's are better than two 4's)

are there any places to get the p2 cards under $600 yet?

Everywhere. The 4gb card currently has a retail price less than $600, last I checked the retail was $550 and they're going for somewhere around $515 or so.

 

[DavidBeier]

Well, it looks like I'm sticking with P2. I really do hate how expensive these things are but it appears that for reliability and convenience, they still can't be beat. I think I'll stick with 4 gigs though, once again since they're easier to archive to DVD. Thanks for all the info guys.