MiniDV VS Flash Memory. [HV20 vs HF--]

[CindyLynn]

Hey.

I just nabbed a HV20, and I'm excited. But now I've found that there is a model that's exactly likes the HV, but records to flash media.

Should I exchange into the HF model, or keep the MiniDV?
Are there any major problems with the flash memory model?

[PadawanGeek]

I think that you should stick with the HV20 becasue when you use tape, you always have your raw footage, just in case your hard drive crashes or something.

[trspballer7]

I shoot the canon hg-10, which is the hard drive version of the HV-20, it is not the same as teh HF-10 because it is a harddrive not flash memory. I like it, but the good thing about the hv-20 is that it has a focus ring. I would keep it.

[Davidian]

I am not quite sold on flash memory. I would think you may loose some video quality... correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the camera compress the footage that it stores on the card? Or hard drive for that matter?

Plus I have grown to love my library of tiny cassettes.

[C2Films]

Video on tapes is compressed too. An issue with flash/HDD cameras is file format support. Many HD ones shoot to AVCHD files, which a lot of editing programs have issues with.

[EnipProductions]

The compression on Flash Cards is huge compared to the compression on MiniDV. On MiniDV only resolution is compressed but the chip does this not other hardware so actual quality is hardly changed... But on a Flash Card the ecompresses the actual quailty as well as the resolution because one minute of HDV is something like 201MB unlike I minute of AVCHD is like 100 mb..

Also when editing it is so much slower I mean much slower

[elscottomagnifico]

Video on tapes is compressed too. An issue with flash/HDD cameras is file format support. Many HD ones shoot to AVCHD files, which a lot of editing programs have issues with.Everything compresses in some way. Mini-dv compression is just better for motion rendering right now. AVCHD has issues with ghosting and motion artifacts because the compression, though more efficient, is still excessive in comparison to mini-dv. I'd say stick with mini-dv. It'll still be a year or two before AVCHD style compression catches up entirely.

[CindyLynn]

Yeah. Plus the whole tape thing. I've had a few hard drives fair on me in my life time and I've lost a bit of work. Flash memory is cool &; all, but I don't think it really matters.