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Originally posted by lookingformarket
If I buy one of the tape things, can I export video to my harddrive and upload it to the web or send it via email?
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I have a Canon Elura (or something like that) that records to MiniDV tape. The video can be imported into my PowerBook through FireWire. In the entire time I've owned the camera (basically a year) I've used it exactly four times, and I used iMovie and iDVD to burn a disc exactly once. While I can't complain about any kind of difficulty with the process, actually editing a videotape into the "500% better" condition mentioned by Burger is extremely time-intensive. Five years ago you couldn't do it without professional equipment, period. Now, consumers are learning why A/V geeks are always up in the middle of the night drinking Red Bull --- doing this shit well isn't hard, but it's extremely time-intensive compared to digital photography. Be warned.
