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Need cheap DV camera (PAL format, I'm in the UK).
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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What do you all recommend? Price is important, I want something under £500. The only other thing is it must work with iMovie and let me send video back from computer to camera as well as the other way round.
Amorya
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What the nerd community most often fail to realize is that all features aren't equal. A well implemented and well integrated feature in a convenient interface is worth way more than the same feature implemented crappy, or accessed through a annoying interface.
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Forgot to add, second hand is OK. If you guys tell me what to look for, I can hang out on Ebay for a while 
Amorya
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What the nerd community most often fail to realize is that all features aren't equal. A well implemented and well integrated feature in a convenient interface is worth way more than the same feature implemented crappy, or accessed through a annoying interface.
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Vancouver BC Canada eh!
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Later
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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WELL, There is a slight problem with the DVin/out feature you need! They don't come cheap. Most cameras have a DV out only ,I have a Sony DCR TRV 900 E, that has them both but it cost me (last year) 1400 pounds. If you can get it second hand it may be what you need. I know the TRV 890 does the same thing but is not that much cheaper...
Maybe you should wait a bit, prices go down, in japan Sony introduced microDV, that should make our humble miniDVs cheaper. Hope I helped...
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Someone offered me a Sony DCR TRV20E. (The guy in the thread Chuck-star gave the link to). What do you all think of that model? It has DV in/out and works with iMovie, right?
I can't find a page about it on Sony's site... anyone got the specs?
Waiting isn't really an option, as I need some form of camera (either still or video) soon. It's one or the other, and I'd much prefer the DV one
Amorya
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What the nerd community most often fail to realize is that all features aren't equal. A well implemented and well integrated feature in a convenient interface is worth way more than the same feature implemented crappy, or accessed through a annoying interface.
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FYI I Checked on the apple web site and that model is not listed in their FCP compatible page. Have a look.
http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/tec...ification.html
doesn't mean it won't work but, kind of weird that it's its not on their website or on the list.
[ 11-19-2001: Message edited by: Chuck_star ]
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Join Date: Oct 1999
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The best deal around for a DV camera that has DV In/Out and that is compatable with iMovie is probably the Canon DV400i.
I bought mine online for £611 inc delivery and VAT from here :-
http://www.digital-cameras.com/
Great service very quick.
The camera also comes with a FireWire card for a PC, so if you have a PC around you can also use the camera on that as well, it even came with PC software.
Of course it worked straight of the box with my iMac DVSE.
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It's worth keeping an eye out on eBay (www.ebay.co.uk). Used Sony DV cameras with DV-In enabled are coming up (a PC7 went for £490 last week with DV-In enabled) and could provide a cheap way in.
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