On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 11:04:46 -0800, "Richard Crowley" wrote:
>"Peter Harrison" wrote ...
>> Everthing else being equal, is there any difference in the quality of the
>> recording between 8mm and mini DV?

>Theoretically, no difference. You could even argue that D8 is more robust
>as it uses physically larger tape.

>> I would have thought that since it is digital, that the files would be
>> identical, but my son swears that the picture on his friends mini DV
>cameras
>> are better than our Sony digital 8 (and out of the window goes the
>> "everything else being equal"), and someone found an article (I have not
>> read it) that agreed.

>The CAMERA part of D8 camcorders tend to be a generation behind DV. Most of
>the difference is likely attributable to that (and the likelyhood that
>little or no development is going into D8, it is probably all going towards
>DV).

The D8s, as a "lower level", have fewer features (like
color finders and WB control) - but the top-end ones
are roughly as good image-makers as the mid-line
Sony Mini-DV cameras, and are about the same price...