What is the difference between dv and dvcam

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Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. There is no difference in quality really. I mean, the tapes are higher quality, and there are no drop-outs, but beyond that there aren't a barrage of huge advantages.

Its not just the dropouts that are reduced with DVcam, its physically far more robust and I think I've only ever had one with serious problems. From an editing stand point, DVcam wont make too much of a difference but a dsr 11 DVcam VTR cant be that much more expensive that a mini dv vtr.

This is not true. DVCAM's only true difference is the way it organizes data within the tape structer itself. Also it has more redundancy to keep a drop out from showing one part drops out, but the redundancy doesn't, so it plays without the hit. At its core this is just reorganizing the dv stream onto a more professional and robust carrier. Once you play it back out of a DVCAM deck, you can capture it with firewire as a regular dv stream and maintian full quality which is the same of mini-DV, no matter how you capture The only thing DVCAM is doing is saving a small backup on the same tape, basicly.

Also you can record DVCAM onto standard mini-DV tapes and maintain most of the formats superiority over mini-dv the tapes aren't physically as robust, but the tape is identicle I don't see an issue really. You can post now and register later.

If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. I've had my share of dropouts when recording shows even with good maintainance practices so you better have something else to cut to. The more you pay for a camera the better lenses and electronics you will get. I think drop outs are a big problem. I've had drop outs galore with MiniDV, especially after the tapes have been sitting around for several years.

So far it's only been mostly sound drop outs. Jay Beeson 1. I just want to say thanks to all of you who have responded so quickly and so informatively to my query!

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