Perhaps all is not lost in the prosumer movie filming world with the
Sony MD Discam after reading Graham Baker's link to a story about the MD
Discam yesterday that got me to thinking. Evidently the MD Discam can
record movies in Quick Time via the ethernet connection. I hope you all
will forgive what to some are going to seem amatuerish questions, but
all of my computer owning experience is limited to WebTV. So, first off,
can you download your MD film to Quick Time, assemble it from other MD
film and create a longer movie by digitally splicing on the web. Once
there, what would you do? Go out from the IEEE1394 Firewire Link to a
Mini DV Cam and digitally duplicate DV from there? Is Quick Time quality
film or does it look not much better than MPEG? If so, why bother? What
kind of computer and software would be required? How much money would
need to be invested in a desktop or laptop capable of all this? The
other option besides the MD Discam would be the slightly older Mini DV
format and the new Sony DCR-PC100. I suppose if you wanted to do what I
want to do with the MD Discam you would need a DV recorder of some kind
anyway and I just sold my TRV900. The PC100 has some neat features, a
1,070,000 pixel multi CCD lens compared to 1,140,000 total pixels on the
3CCD's of the TRV900. I was told by one of the mail order camera stores
that in reality the PC100 has a 680,000 pixel lens-the 1,070,000 pixels
applies only to still photos and then only those stored on a Memory
Stick. I would hope this were not true. Does anybody know? Sony promotes
the Carl Zeiss lens as being one of the best features of their Mini DV
cameras. The MD Discam, since there is no mention of this, must have a
Sony lens as does the TRV900. I really don't know if there's a
difference all that much, does anyone here? I have to admit the Carl
Zeiss name sounds impressive, but what does it really mean? The PC100
besides the advantage of being small both it and the MD Discam have over
the TRV900 also has Nightshot, which does not appear on the TRV900 and
appears not to be on the Sony Discam. I like this feature, although I
can honestly say I never needed it, the infra red (?) capability offers
a nice touch and I wish it had been on the TRV900 and added to the Sony
Discam. Thanks.
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