On Sat, 25 May 2002 21:15:30 GMT, "UrbanVoyeur" wrote:

>LOL
>
>If you want to justify a digital 8 purchase, by all means go ahead. But most
>of the world is miniDV.
>
>Even Sony bases their pro-sumer digital ENG cameras on the DV/miniDV/DVCAM
>format.

??????
In terms of signal, D8/D-25/Mini-DV/DVCam are virtually
identical, though up to 3-4 possible different physical
tape forms may be used for these. D8 does have its
valid justifications: legacy Hi-8 collections can be
played on D8 gear; it tends to be cheaper than Mini-DV;
Hi-8 tape was, until recently, far easier to find
locally...