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miniDV or HDV tapes?
I saw on the product description for the XH-A1 that it takes miniDV tapes. Can you use regular miniDV tapes for this camera? I assume there must be a quality difference between the HDV version of miniDV.
Thanks for enlightening me!
Nate*
* Author has no real-world experience; he works in the plastic-bubble world called “Public Education”.
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This is asked quite frequently and the answer never changes…
There’s no “quality” difference, the data is the same. The only factor is using a high grade tape will greatly lessen the chance of HDV dropouts.
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Then my follow up question is, can I use my cheaper Canon Elura 85 hand-held camcorder to transfer the tape data to my computer, rather than using an expensive camera as a tape deck? If the data on the tape is the same, it should transfer out through firewire the same, right?
Nate*
* Author has no real-world experience; he works in the plastic-bubble world called “Public Education”.
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That’s not a HDV camera… so no, you can’t use it as a HDV playback source obviously.
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I forgot to add… you can buy a used HV10 or 20, or a new HV30 to use as a source deck and also you would have a fairly decent backup cam.
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