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1. TDedmonSBP
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   Hi all, I recently bought a JVC GY-HD110u for my primary camera and already have a Canon HF10 AVCHD camera that will be used mostly for wide shots and b-roll. My question is: now that my main camera is running tape, I am considering selling the canon to buy maybe an hv30 or some other consumer grade HDV format camera so that I don't have to pull the monster JVC out every time I need to capture. Would this be a reasonable move or would I be better off keeping the HF10 and buying a MiniDV VCR that I can use for capture? I am usually a fan of multitaskers over one-trick ponies, but I really love the HF10 and I can't decide which would be the better move. Obviously the HV30 would be the cheaper option since I could probably find someone to trade with, and it wouldn't really cost me much out of pocket. Also would I have to get a VCR that is meant for HD tape or would any one work since it matters mostly what the image was recorded in and not transferred? I hope my questions aren't stupid sounding but I have very little experience with tape decks.

   Thanks in advance and I hope I have made sense of my querry.

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2. jburkhart
   

   

   The HD110u is a great camera, but even though it uses the same tape size and is HDV, the type of HDV is different than what the Canon records, and the Canon will not be able to play back the tapes from the JVC and vice versa. The JVC uses a HDV varient at 19Mbs at 1280x720, while the Canon records an HDV varient of 25Mb/s at 1440X1080. This fragmenting of the HDV "standard" is a constant headache for editors.

   So keep your HF10, the HV30 wont function as a playback deck for your JVC.

    

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3. TDedmonSBP
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   Thanks for that advice, John, it was a big help. Do you (or anyone else) have any advice for either a camera that would be compatible and/or a playback deck that would be relatively inexpensive and also compatible? I was looking at the Sony GV-HD700 because I do a fair amount of work outside of my office so I like the portability of it...but I don't know about the compatibility issue there.

   Thanks in advance for any further advice.

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4. Cville
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    I believe SONY and Canon use the same recording format but I would test it if possible before making a purchase.  Mabe you can find someone near you that has the SONY you are looking at.

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5. TDedmonSBP
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   Ok so the sony VCR probably won't be a good choice either if it records in the same format as the Canon. It looks like I ought to just face the fact that I am going to have to pull the monster JVC out for capturing...I can live with that I suppose.

    

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