--- You wrote: As far as I know, any camcorder with firewire output will work fine with a firewire equipped Mac of at least 300 mhz G3 (minimum requirements for iMovie in os 9.x.) There are a few problems with certain cameras with control of the camera from the computer (rewind or pause or something) but these aren't major concerns in transferring video. --- end of quote --- Also, if I remember correctly, the computer doesn't control the Digital 8 camcorder at all. (Please correct me if this is wrong.) In other words, most DV cameras can be start and stopped, rewound and set to record or upload from iMovie or Final Cut. Cameras working through a transcoder are operated manually, though this isn't much of a problem.
Another advantage of the miniDV system is that each start and stop of the camera during recording is recognized by iMovie (and Final Cut Express if you tell it to do so) and saved as a seperate scene during uploading to the computer. This is very handy during editing. This doesn't happen when digitizing from an analog source and I don't think it works with Digital 8, though I could be wrong about the latter. Rich -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
