Ken-- what format is your camcorder? From what you are telling me, I conclude VHS. But it could be possible that it is 8mm or Hi8?
As far as your initial investment-- here's something interesting to chew on: the cost of a low-level digital video "DV" camcorder will actually be (somewhat) comparable to the cost of purchasing a digital-analog converter or capture card that has analog capabilities. In addition, your video quality will be superior. (From both a standpoint of you will be transferring your video digitally, so it will be lossless, and the new crop of DV cameras will blow your old monolithic RCA camera away, I'm betting.) Furthermore, if you purchase a DV camcorder, you will find that you can go straight from DV to any IEEE-1394 "firewire/iLink" port on your computer. And believe you me, a setup from camera directly to computer is 1000 times more stable than when you introduce a third party capture card. (To be fair, external analog/digital converters are also very stable, since they act just like another video camera as far as the computer knows.) In other words, time and troubleshooting = money. This above assumes you will *not* be transferring archived video from the RCA. If you need to get old video from the RCA to your computer, then you will have to splurge for a a/d converter or analog capture card. (I would go with the converter personally, as the return for your buck on analog capture cards are quickly diminishing.) On the other hand, if your RCA is 8mm or Hi8, then I would investigate in a Sony Digital8 camera, which also is very cheap, but allows you to transfer 8mm/Hi8 via firewire. Just some opinions from an opinionated fool. -jeff ----- Original Message ----- I plan on using a Camcorder and record directly to the computer. Right now I have an old analog camcorder with RCA (i believe that is what they are called - the red, white and yellow plugs) outputs that you can plug into a tv or vcr (Sony Handycam model ccd-trv22). If i have to, I will acquire a digital camcorder. I would like to start out with minimal investment to see if the basic idea "works" and is practical (.e. making the how-to videos and see if there is interest in the model train "community" and if there is, upgrade to more "professional" equipment. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/ADr1lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
