Topic: i'm getting one!

[Simp-Dawg]

check this out, a solution to the problem of available media limiting the time you can shoot to about an hour...will be great for whole shows!

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/JVC-Introduces-Four-Hard-Drive-Based-Everio-Camcorders.htm

[Morphius]

Ooooh.... ahhh.... works better in "low light situations" as well.  Sounds like someone was cruising the boards when they thought of that thing 

Edit:  I'm a little leary about not being able to take out the media... what do you say when you get caught now?

[Simp-Dawg]

well, my hope is that i can do it with permission at a lot of shows in boulder...smaller acts and whatnot.

[blajnwand]

If you ever plan on editing those down in an NLE it will be a HUGE pain in the ass.

I don't know when they didn't offer a DV25 setting with the larger capacity drive models. They could have added a firewire port and folks could get an external drive (firestore) if they needed to record more than four hours at a time. For the same $1000 you can get a 3CCD consumer Panasonic and a Firestore drive.

[Simp-Dawg]

If you ever plan on editing those down in an NLE it will be a HUGE pain in the ass.

I don't know when they didn't offer a DV25 setting with the larger capacity drive models. They could have added a firewire port and folks could get an external drive (firestore) if they needed to record more than four hours at a time. For the same $1000 you can get a 3CCD consumer Panasonic and a Firestore drive.

got a model to recommend?

[blajnwand]

Sure. Check out the Panasonic GS-120, GS-200, and GS-400. I picked up a slightly used GS-120 with a four year warranty last year on eBay for around $500. The 120 and 200 are basically the same camera, except the 200 has better still capture capacity. Then you can pick up a Firestore FS-1 or FS-2 on eBay for between $300 and $600. I believe the FS-2 has a 120GB HD, so that should get you about 8-9 hours of capture time if you don't want to use tape.