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C.DeJohn
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i was thinking about getting the canon hv30 and i was wondering if you have an option of what you want to film on a sd card or a mini dv because i have never filmed with mini dvs and there pretty exspensive for hd ones
Oct 12 2009 10:43PM
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C.DeJohn
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Oct 13 2009 9:57PM
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captainEMERICA
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im pretty sure there has been a thread on this, i will try and find it but try google im sure it in the interwebz somewhere
Oct 13 2009 10:28PM
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A.Eberhard
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No you have to film on mini dv the sd card is for still photo's.
You do NOT have to buy hd tapes it's a scam; you can just get normal DV tapes there totally fine they do not effect the quality at all.
Oct 14 2009 6:22PM
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C.DeJohn
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ok thanks alot +++ karma
Oct 14 2009 7:04PM
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Crock360
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You don't have to no, but there's a higher risk of having drop-out, and because HDV is compressed (and really really sucks in general) one drop out really means 15dropped frames which is about a half a second...

Still there's no guarantee that a HDV tape wont drop out, but it will drop out less than using regular DV tape.
Oct 14 2009 7:25PM
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A.Eberhard
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I have had my hv30 for over a year now and iv'e put about 20 normal Dv tapes through it and iv'e always captured on it. I have never had one drop out so, I will tell you HD tapes are a big scam.
Here is a thread on the popular hv series forum and everyone will tell you there is no difference
Oct 14 2009 9:56PM
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