If you are so broke that you can’t afford the cheapest deck, just use your camcorder. It will not hurt it! I have used my camcorder for years and even use it for monitoring DV. No trouble at all.
Whoever says that this will ruin your camera is paranoid. By the time you “wear out” your camcorder, it will be time for a new one anyway.
Personally, I even think the DSR-11 is not ideal. I don’t like that deck, it’s cheap and shuttles ever so slow. No TC, no balanced audio, no TC preset functions. For me a DSR-45 is the deck I’d want.
Welcome to the world of pro video. The good stuff ain’t cheap. Never has been, never will be.
Kevin Monahan
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