- Should I fix XL1s firewire port of just buy a cheap camcorder for feeding tapes into computer?
- Posted by Ded on February 27th, 2007
Dear Group,
I'm going back and forth on whether or not I should have my
broken XL1s firewire port fixed or just buy a cheaper camcorder for
feeding the tapes into the computer. I know price wise, it would be
much cheaper to buy a cheaper camcorder, but are there other
advantages to getting the firewire port fixed? All suggestions are
welcomed. Thanks.
- Posted by Richard Crowley on February 27th, 2007
"Ded" wrote ...
Alas, you could most likely buy another cheap camcorder
for less than it would cost to get the XL1 fixed.
I can think of several advantages for buying a second, cheap
camcorder....
1) Avoids the expense (likely greater) of fixing the XL1
2) Reduces wear-n-tear on the XL1 for shooting only and
not also for capture
3) Gives you an extra camera for getting "B-roll" shots
which make for much more interesting video programs,
even of birthday parties and wedding anniversaries. :-)
There are probably other arguments I can't think of at the
moment.
- Posted by Ded on February 27th, 2007
On Feb 27, 11:46 am, "Richard Crowley" <rcrow...@xp7rt.net> wrote:
Thanks, that helps alot!
- Posted by xeaglecrest@att.net on February 27th, 2007
Ded wrote:
Just curious, do you know what zapped your firewire port? I had my
camcorder plugged into my computer the other day and suddenly, the
audio card with built in firewire port, went out. After getting a
new audio card and a separate firewird card, I discovered that the
camcorder firewire port is now dead. After learning it would be a
minimum of $200 to fix, I decide to go the separate camcorder route,
and just use the original for recoding.
-Bill
- Posted by Ded on February 28th, 2007
On Feb 27, 2:01 pm, xeaglecr...@att.net wrote:
Sorry, I'm not sure, I bought it used, and the port was already bad
when I bought it.
- Posted by Ty Ford on February 28th, 2007
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:46:05 -0500, Richard Crowley wrote
(in article <54j5ieF210432U1@mid.individual.net>):
I did try this once and did a 2 camera shoot. The cheap camcorder image was
pretty nasty compared to my XL2. I never was able to get them to look close
to the same.
Regards,
Ty Ford
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- Posted by S. Whitmore on February 28th, 2007
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:52:01 -0500, Ty Ford <tyreeford@comcast.net>
wrote:
That's when you throw the B-roll footage through a few filters to make
it look "stylized" (i.e., intentional). ;-)
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