On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 05:13:48 +0000 (UTC), jhong@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (John Hong) wrote:

> I've wondered why most, if not all MiniDV cameras have the sound
>quality default at 12-bit, 32khz when 16-bit, 48khz is available.
>Shouldn't the 16-bit sound better?

Yes. It is idiotic that at least with Sony, the
new camera is set in 12-bit mode... Few use
the second track available with 12-bit; few
FireWire editing systems can handle the extra
track; some NLEs have problems with the 32KHz
sound; the 12-bit sound isn't as good as the
16-bit sound...