[ale] OT: camcorder/camera combos

[Geoffrey]

Mazukna, Thomas wrote:
> Thank you for putting everything backwards!

Not sure what you mean by that... ?

> 
> 1. I say "preferably not from Sony", because they call it diferrent and do
> not need to support the standart. Some of their cameras work great, some not
> so great. I will have to dig up that site, It has nothing to do with linux,
> but with miniDV cameras.

Of the Sony cameras listed on the linux1394 site, the majority of them 
are listed as 'works great.'  Many are 'works,' and there are a few that 
are listed as 'somewhat' and 'unknown.'

My expectation is that if that many of their cameras work, then they are 
probably pretty dead on the spec.  Further, because the permit their 
various devices to work together via i-link, it's unlikely they'll be 
breaking their own compatibility.

> 2. and again zero reference to linux, but some cameras can only stream data
> to pc via firewire and do not accept data to the camera to be written onto a
> tape.

Okay.

> 3. I was making a point that miniDV is digital, not that it is digital
> because it is miniDV, hi8 btw is same as miniDV just diferrent tape.

Actually, I don't believe that is correct.  My previous camera used hi8 
tapes, which provided a higher resolution, but was not digital.  All 
cameras that use miniDV are digital as in miniDigitalVideo.


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