[lug] digital camcorders

[Ken MacFerrin]

Steve Sullivan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Can you recommend a digital camcorder and capture card that work
> well with linux?  After much hassle with my old analog camcorder
> I've decided it's time to go digital.
> 
> If you have successful experiences importing digital video/audio
> from a camcorder into linux ...
> 
> What model camcorder did you use?
> 
> What model capture card did you use?
> 
> What software did you use?
> 
> Were there any problems?  In particular, were there any quality
> or synchronization issues?
> 
> Did you capture the audio via the capture card or via the sound card?  
> 
> Many thanks for your advice!
> 

I have a Canon ZR45MC I bought around 4 years ago.. Importing works fine
using regular Firewire (no capture card) and the Kino application.  The
camera itself isn't HD quality by any means but I don't lose any quality
when I import to a Raw DV format (consumes massive storage space
though).  The quality and synchronization factors come into play more
when you export the media and decide which codecs to encode with, how
many passes the encoding will take, etc.
-Ken