sony ip-5 question

[chileanXaos 0]

Hi guys , I want to buy a new camera and needed to know if the sony Ip-5 with firewire , can exchange the film with minidv cameras .

thanx

[PhreeZone 20]

No, it can not. The IP can only exchange it with other IP cameras. Even IP camera to PC editing is'nt the easiest since only a few programs support it.

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[mazevedo 0]

I have one IP-5 and it cannot firewire with DV´s, but you can record video and sound from DV´s camera using the RCA cable or the S-Video. The quality is the same and you only have to buy some RCA "female" plugs. For editing you can use the Pinnacle 8 or the MovieShaker provided by Sony. But if I had to buy a new camera, I would buy a DV.

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I have one IP-5 and it cannot firewire with DV´s, but you can record video and sound from DV´s camera using the RCA cable or the S-Video. The quality is the same and you only have to buy some RCA "female" plugs. For editing you can use the Pinnacle 8 or the MovieShaker provided by Sony. But if I had to buy a new camera, I would buy a DV.

The quality is not the same.

It may be close, or good enough, but firewire is a pure digital transfer and therefore 100% lossless. S-video requires a Digital-to-Analog conversion to send, and then an Analog-to-Digital conversion to record.