Re: New Canon HF11 - The impending demise of consumer HDV?

"Jacques E. Bouchard" <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Xns9AE4BC2964DE1jebouchard451yahooca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"David Ruether" <d_ruether@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Oooooooooooooooooooh! I've had trouble enough editing HDV
(relatively easy compared with AVCHD, I gather...), and then there
is still the matter of cheaply, reliably, and easily archiving edited
results.
I think I will not be hopping on this format any time soon...

Precisely. The cost of media will be the deciding factor between formats,
ESPECIALLY for consumers who don't see the difference in quality.


jaybee


I mostly agree, but I must admit that the attractions of AVCHD have become pretty addictive once I have started using them. Specifically, the very small and light camera, the individual video clips which can each be accessed randomly and instantly without winding/rewinding tape, and the especially fast ingest which now takes only a minute or two versus an hour can become very compelling. For whatever it is worth, I now grab the HF100 most of the time rather than the HV20, and both deliver very comparable quality.

I do indeed miss the archival tapes, but have adopted a backup format which accomplishes the same thing.

Smarty

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