[Matt “zencat999” Warren]

thanx again..understood. pro is a “bit” diff than “pro-sumer”. I feel the same way when people ask me about home stereo stuff ;).
anyway, point taken. I think I will just go with the panasonic or comprable sony, if there is one and …”just get shootin'”.
cheers&aloha and thanx again for your time and advice.
matt “zencat999” warren

look for me on youtube as zencat999

[Matt “zencat999” Warren]

thanx john. those are the things that I have been keeping in mind, especially coming from tape only experience. my old cam was digital but to an 8mm tape streaming a DV sig out thru a firewire mini.
Chip only! is the cry from now on!
I have an underwater cam that is a gopro knock off (intova). 1080p MP4, 45 deg fisheye. not bad but not for movies. ;). although it does have one really good feature. the files it generates are “drag-n-drop” right into iMovie or QT6,7 and X.
that would be nice not to have to transcode.
do you have any specific recommendations on cams? I have been looking at a panasonic ag hmc803cmos 1/4″sensor chip, but I have been warned off of the 1/4″ chips. unfortunately the bigger chips are , sad to say, as far as I have seen, a bit out of my price range.

a little background, I used to run a recording studio and am more versed in pro audio but , like so many in “the pro ent biz” I have also had some vid exp and actually produced some PSA, small uncomm shorts etc.
I have a tascam DR100 and a couple of senhiezer 421s(originals) for sound sysnc in post. thats not a prob.

I know I am asking a lot but I have no other place to go. thanx soooooooo much for the time.
cheers&aloha
matt

look for me on youtube as zencat999