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Thread ID: 90547 2008-06-07 04:38:00 Sony Camcorder - Good buy or good bye! taxboy4 (579) PC World Chat
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676211 2008-06-07 04:38:00 www.priceme.co.nz

THe Sony Camcorder - I'm a bit out of date now, the last camcorder we had recorded onto small tapes..

Is this a good model - pricing is right. Can I transfer straight to a portable hard drive from these cameras?

Cheers:help:
taxboy4 (579)
676212 2008-06-07 04:42:00 Looks like it uses memory stick or USB. I wouldnt use USB it'll probably be too slow

I would get one with firewire
Speedy Gonzales (78)
676213 2008-06-07 05:37:00 www.priceme.co.nz

THe Sony Camcorder - I'm a bit out of date now, the last camcorder we had recorded onto small tapes..

Is this a good model - pricing is right. Can I transfer straight to a portable hard drive from these cameras?

Cheers:help:

You can with that one since it records straight to disk.
vitalstatistix (9182)
676214 2008-06-07 05:56:00 Looks like it uses memory stick or USB. I wouldnt use USB it'll probably be too slow

I would get one with firewire

when recording directly to a hard drive, transferring the footage to a computer with usb won't be a problem.
plod (107)
676215 2008-06-07 21:34:00 Since it records to Hard Drive you would transfer your Footage into your PC via USB.

Downside of Hard Drive, DVD cameras is that you MUST transfer or delete the footage once the Hard Drive or DVD is full in order to record more. So you have to find storage for it somewhere.

Advantage of MiniDV Tape Cameras is you transfer off what you want at the time to your PC and put the Tape away in storage for when you might want something else off it and put a new tape in the camera.

Tape cameras tend use Firewire as opposed to USB for transfers.
HDD/DVD/Media Card cameras tend to use USB for transfers.
Bantu (52)
676216 2008-06-07 23:19:00 I have the JVC model, it comes with a dock I have hooked up to the Plasma. Great way to view them with sound.

Havent yet got video and sound working on the PC......
SolMiester (139)
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