[aeon]

ok mebe ya guys know this already but here goes ...
dv is a compressed format 3.6 megs a second sounds like a lot but its not. when you used firewire to transfer the data on the tape to the hard drive in your computer there is no loss of data at all. the computer handles it in native dv format. this is by far the best method. once you have edited it ...( there are quiet a few cheep and easy to use firewire able editors out there on up to the expensive avid,premiere,finalcrappro. ) you put it back onto the camcorder then you transfef it to a vhs tape ...for thoses of us lucky enuf to have a dvd-R you can burn a dvd but thats not so common just yet. you would be amazed how good dv footage looks transferd onto a vhs tape. as for compressing DV footage into .mov or any format you better have a realy realy realy fast computer cuz a 30 min tape is going to take a long looooooooooooooong time . short movies are easy to do and fun to put on your personal webspace for people to look at think 2meg size files thats only a few moments of video at any decent quality ...erm anyone wants to know more
email me or something ..or if ya want to pay me to shoot and edit ur video even better ... vhs is still the standard to look to for sending your video to friends


aeon