From: email suppressed
Date: Mon Oct 31 2005 - 09:08:16 PST
So Sam, are you saying that it's a better idea to rent equipment for a particular project rather than invest in buying something at this point since technology is advancing so quickly?
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From: Sam Wells <email suppressed>
To: email suppressed
Sent: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:19:29 -0500
Subject: Re: small camcorders
> My mind has been hibernating from making experimental film for toooo > long.
> the other day, I saw a hand-size camcorder: D'zign DV-5.
Honestly I think you'd be better off with a small one chip DV camcoder.
"Large-capacity 2GB hard drive" ???
I mean an iPod has a 60 GB drive...
Well I'm not getting into drives vs P2 etc - enough of that elsewhere. But miniDV tape works pretty well at the low end, I don't see quite why compromise images just for that camera's "features" It also is not clear if you really have control of aperture etc.
You can get into HDV for under $ 2,000 now for that matter. Anyway std def DV cameras will be at fire sale prices before long.
-Sam
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