"Jim Gunn" <Jim_Gunn@Yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> Anyone using a Firewire DV/DVCAM deck to output their videos? Can

> anyone recomend one model that isn't too expensive? I routinely edit

> 120-140 minute programs in Premiere and I don't really want to span a

> finished program on three mini-DV reels using my Canon XL-1. So I was

> thinking I'd master onto one three- hour DVCam tape but for that I

> need a DVCAM camera or firewire deck.

A cheap way to master long programs is to FireWire copy back to

a D8 camera. With Sony 90-minute D8 tapes in LP-mode, I get

reliable 137-minute masters on one tape (make two, for safety).

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David Ruether

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http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com