Nathan
I currently use a HV30 and I have also used both video cameras using both hard drives and flash media cards. The problem with non-tape cameras is storage of the video footage that you shoot. You will have to transfer all your footage to an external hard drive, so you can re-use the cameras internal HDD or flash media cards. I have my mini-dv’s stored,and have re-edited footage that was shot over 10 yrs ago without lost of quality. Also, I have used HDV mini tapes, the image quality is better then using standard mini DV tapes.
After, using both hard drive and flash media cameras, I’ll stay with the mini HDV tapes, because of easy of use, and cost.
This is just my opinion. You will have to weight the pro’s and con’s of
each, then do it.
Russ Andris