Hi JGM,First, i can only say that this is a diffic...

2008-12-19T07:06:00.000-08:00

Hi JGM,

First, i can only say that this is a difficult period to be getting into video -- MiniDV is still great, and ADVHD editing/management is still settling in. If you use MiniDV, i'd stick with it. If you have no idea what to get and don't even know if you're into video, I think MiniDV is cheper and easier, so a good starting point.

I continue to embrace MiniDV. Mostly because it is self-archived, and partly because i have a system for this that works. I am converting my old MiniDV tapes to a hard disk for flexibility and editing, but they're still in the DV format (they go in as .mov files) so they're quite managable.

But i want to begin my experimentation with the ease/non-ease of working in ADVHD files. I don't like it, but I think i need to have familiarity there. I'm personally most pleased about HDV and expect to use this myself until the ADVHD impresses me. I'm in no rush to dump tape. I just want to have all my content on a hard disk: it's very empowering.

Does that help?

Rubin, it sounds like you've given up on miniDV as...

2008-12-18T20:22:00.000-08:00

Rubin, it sounds like you've given up on miniDV as a recording media in favour of flash.

While I can definitely see the benefits of this approach, doesn't that also imply people have to use ADVHD instead of HDV? If so, it seems that this has a major impact on the ability of people to edit video on their computers (eg. huge jump in processing required, lower quality).

I'm really asking your opinion here - I'm not an expert in this field by any means.

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