A relative called about the last blog post and asked about video cameras.
My most recent camera is a Canon HV-20. This has been replaced by the HV-30 and some other models.
The beauty of the HV-20 and HV-30 is that they still use tape. Tape is great because you have a backup mechanism built into the camera. Shoot it, download it to the computer, and pack the tape away. Tape last a long time and it’s good to have backups.
The downfall of tape is that it’s another thing to have around. We’ll see how long cameras are available in this format, though.
A lot of people have switched to cameras with digital storage. But, I like having tape backups. Also, editing support has taken a while to develop for these and compression was bad when I last looked.
