I understood your post. I just wanted to ask what motivated you to purchase the MiniDV initially.
Your posts have been beneficial. Thank you for taking the time.
TJI
I bought the Canon ZR850 MiniDV a few years ago to replace a long serving Canon analog camcorder that finally gave up the ghost. It was one of the first that could record to a flash memory card but the processor in the unit makes for lousy files; recording uncompressed to the tape resulted in much better video. That is nolonger the case however in newer camcorders.
One of the things that gives me pause before going HighDef is post processing. I edit much of the video I shoot and I don’t know if I have a computer capable of handling the HD processing. I may have to upgrade my computer when I upgrade my camcorder!
However, if you have an HDTV that accepts an SD Flash memory card, you can go from camera to TV just by inserting it there. The cameras I’m looking at now all have HDMI output as well.
After responding earlier, I took a closer look at the Canon PowerShot SX1 IS “Ultrazoom” camera. It’s not out just yet but I see the HD video mode format compresses to a Quicktime .MOV format. I’m not a big fan of that and would prefer an AVCHD format like their Vixia HF20 camcorder.
Panasonic is coming out with an HD Video recording ultrasoom camera mid-summer. I may have to wait and compare as I like Panasoic too.