sashadan

the one that has no film in it,it just downloads on to pc.can anyone give me info,i want to buy one b4 i go to oz.

thanks
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cherry6

My mum has a canon with dv messenger (is that what you mean?). I have just bought a sony handcam with usb streaming (no idea what that means either).

CHnJ

They're just at toy standard now. About 30 seconds of grainy picture. Is that what you want?

WBB

i have one and they are well worth the money, mine has tapes though.

mine is a canon mini dv 600i or something, i would recommend it.

sashadan

i want it to record(guessing) 2-3 hrs at a time..






cherry6, r u happy with yours?

is it videotape less??

cheers

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sashadan

cheers

i want a tapeless type(saves loosing them)

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cherry6

Both the canon and sony have tapes (canon has mini ones, sony the larger size). To be honest, I havent tried the sony (only got it yesterday and dont understand it). My mums canon looks good though, easy to set up for the net.

CHnJ

The only non-tape ones that will do what you want are the new DVD recording ones. The ones with built-in memory aren't anything like up to that job.

bondipom

But do any of you make movies people want to watch. Have you ever had a friend or relative show you an unedited holiday vid and all you wanted to do is sleep?

CHnJ is correct about the non-tape ones. Those that record to digital tape can produce outstanding quality video images but that requires a hell of a lot of storage, hence the tape is needed.

I like Sony goods although they are starting to go down hill now. For imaging products Canon are excellent.

peterankin

Try this one, the price is a bit steep but there are dealers who can get them for around £700, I bough one and well worth the money as you record directly onto the DVD.
Excelent if you want to send movies of your "new life down under" to your friends and family.

http://products.sony.co.uk/productde...?id=11_61_4395

Cheers

sashadan

thanks everyone
i bought a cannon mv600 from comet yesterday for£299.
i'm really happy with it,it is tiny and i can copy movies onto pc,then re-use the tapes.