hi there all - thinking of buying a DV camera to be mainly used as a
deck for editing (XpressDV and Vegas). I prefer a camera to a deck...
I seen some options such as the mv600i and NV-GS50 panasonic and would
like some input from people who tried any. I dont need anything fancy
such as low-light, mega zoom and stills capture, i just want a basic
and reliable camera which will lock well to the pc software and has AV
in (and be as cheap as poss)
any ideas?
michel

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hi there all - thinking of buying a DV camera to be mainly used as a
deck for editing (XpressDV and Vegas). I prefer a camera to a deck... I
seen some options such as the mv600i and NV-GS50 panasonic and would
like some input from people who tried any. I dont need anything fancy
such as low-light, mega zoom and stills capture, i just want a basic and
reliable camera which will lock well to the pc software and has AV
in (and be as cheap as poss)
any ideas?

I've just got a JVC GR-D50 price matched to £396 at Jessops, I've not
really played with it too much yet but first impressions are favourable.

Mike

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thanks for that - can you pleasee follow up later once you have more
experience with it? also, how did you match it (with what shop?)
cheers
michel

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thanks for that - can you pleasee follow up later once you have more
experience with it? also, how did you match it (with what shop?)
cheers
michel

I did a Dealtime search which listed the on-line shops which sold it and
the price, printed it out and took it to Jessops.

They rang someone, I assume head office, to check if the cheapest option
was allowable and charged me that price, a saving of £114.

I did pop in the shop first to check if they would accept on-line prices
as the advertising blurb in the shop says they only price match within a
certain radius.

Mike

--
Michael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners.
Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians.
Yorkshire Halvard Lange

I have the GS50 and use it as you will. it works fine with vegas but i cant
seem to use it as a pass through so i have to record to tape at the same
time which is a pain if i try and copy 90min tapes, although it might be
possible.
i also find that copying from a sony Hi8 i get a very small portion of the
picture broken up at the bottom.
Hope this helps
Dave
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In article , michel
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thanks for that - can you pleasee follow up later once you have more
experience with it? also, how did you match it (with what shop?)
cheers
michel

I did a Dealtime search which listed the on-line shops which sold it and
the price, printed it out and took it to Jessops.

They rang someone, I assume head office, to check if the cheapest option
was allowable and charged me that price, a saving of £114.

I did pop in the shop first to check if they would accept on-line prices
as the advertising blurb in the shop says they only price match within a
certain radius.

Mike

--
Michael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners.
Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians.
Yorkshire Halvard Lange