MiniDV tapes hold 13GB of data which translates to 60mins of DV/HDV footage. I kind of like the archive nature of tapes. That way I have my copy on the hard drive along with a tape for backup. But then again I think having an 80GB drive in the camera would make it quite nice (and less chance of drop outs). If a hard drive goes bad from recording it's a bit more expensive to replace than a tape.
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zelig2 @ Feb 21st 2006 2:06PM
MiniDV tapes hold 13GB of data which translates to 60mins of DV/HDV footage. I kind of like the archive nature of tapes. That way I have my copy on the hard drive along with a tape for backup. But then again I think having an 80GB drive in the camera would make it quite nice (and less chance of drop outs). If a hard drive goes bad from recording it's a bit more expensive to replace than a tape.