On Thu, 12 Nov 1998 07:01:00 -0500, "John Keene" wrote:

>Thanks for the reponse. Yes analog dubbing with either SVHS or Hi8 is not
>good, we have editing units based on both. About one generation and loss
>is already visible.
>
>I thought the ends were different on the firewire cable ... one end for the
>camera and the other for the video card (eg Spark). Haven't seen one so I
>guess I'll find out. I don't believe I got one with either camera so I
>will search it out. Simply want to dub from my daughter's TVR 9 to our
>PC1.

The FireWire cord that fits between the camcorders has the same
connector on both ends (it doesn't come with the camcorder, and it
is rather expensive - but worth it! ;-) - the one for the Spark
card to camcorder connection has a different connector on the Spark
card end, and it does come with the card. BTW, copying from another
DV or analogue camcorder to the TRV-9/900 through the "S" analogue
inputs works quite well, with only minor losses - and this offers
the opportunity to EQ both the video and sound in the process
(one can definitely improve the footage taken with the TRV-9 by
doing this! ;-).