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Gotcha. But isn't there an old saying in university labs: "If you didn't log it, it didn't happen"? :-) /rich On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Gary Schrock<[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Richard Wiggins wrote: >> >> But keep in mind the issue of preservation. Unless you are religious >> about making a DVD out of the video on the hard drive, you're going to >> erase it, and then it's gone forever. With Mini DV or an in-camera >> DVD burner, all you have to do is label it after you shoot it. >> > > Well, for what was described (and for what we do), long term storage doesn't > seem to be an issue really. After a few months, the hiring cycle seems to > be over, and we remove the files from where we allow people to get access to > them. And we'd still have to import the video anyway, because we need them > available on a computer, not having someone borrow the one copy on a mini DV > or dvd. > > (We actually reuse the tapes once it's been transfered.) > >> /rich >> >> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Gary Schrock<[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> FWIW, we just use a standard Sony miniDV camera. Personally, I kind of >>> wish >>> the thing would die so we could get one that's hard drive based instead >>> of >>> miniDV, because transferring from tape to the computer is a 1:1 time >>> based >>> operation. With miniDV set on the longer record time, a standard tape >>> yields 90 minutes of recording, which generally has been fine for the job >>> talks we have. >>> >>> >>> Gary >>> >> >> > >