Re: Request advice on camcorder purchase and creating/uploading videos to Internet

"MaryL" wrote ...
Actually, it is a digital camcorder (but aging, at 7 years old). I'm just
afraid of dealing with hardware -- not at all sure I could install
firewire. Cost is not the issue -- my lack of confidence is, but I may
check into the cost of having some hardware installed. I looked at the
manual for my camcorder, and there is a reference to using Canopus (also
mentioned in one of the messages). It says to go to their web site for
more detailed information, and I will do that.

If you are running a modern operating system (W2k, XP, Vista, etc.)
it should be a simple matter of plugging in the card. There should
be no software, drivers, etc. that you would have to manually deal
with.

One reason I asked whether I should consider other media is that I have
been reading about small camcorders with hard disks, and that sounds like
a viable method. I was asking about USB because I have two USB ports on
the front of my computer and can easily access them. With the physical
setup I have, it is *very* difficult to get to the back of my computer.

Many of us believe that DV via Firewire was the Zenith of
consumer video, and the newer MPEG-compressed hard
drive camcorders are on the downhill side of image quality.

Of course, if you were buying new and MPEG was good
enough for your requirements, go for it.

But to replace a working DV camcorder with a hard-drive
MPEG camcorder is definitely a step down IMHO. I would
need a really compelling reason to make such a demotion.

There are cameras that use USB for video, but since USB is
not as fast for video as Firewire, USB tends to be relegated to
low-resolution "webcam" applications, and is also used for
hard-drive MPEG camcorders.


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