"juanala" <juanala40@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:5bb107b1.0308161528.2a18db8@posting.google.com...

> We are two people about to set off on a motorcicle trip through west

> africa, our idea is to make a low budget documentary during the 6

> months journey using a Sony VX 2000, but we are having issues

> organizing the right use & ammount of tapes to be used. We have

> questions on wether or not re-use them at least once, burning the

> first copy into a dvd, or using them once but recording on LP mode.

> Keeping weight low is a priority but so is getting good technical

> quality footage. Another of our problems is how to get tapes along the

> way as we can´t carry the whole lot, we thought of having them sent

> from home (Denmark) or trying to get them in every big city we reach.

> Does anyone have experience in this kind of production, or can give

> any insight on the use of the tapes? Any advice or experience telling

> are more then welcome.

If you have the means to burn DVDs (not all that easy...), leave it

home and take more tape instead. Keep the original SP-mode DV

tapes for the highest quality. LP-mode risks the effects of dusty, hot,

or damp environments and crud build-up in the camera. I would

have shipments made from home that you can pick up as you travel

*of the same tape brand* (and I would return-ship the used tapes

from these locations).

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David Ruether

d_ruether@hotmail.com

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