I dont think hard drive cameras are the future - the future is solid state.

Hard drives get full - then you are stuffed.

Hard drives are easy to bust - every portable device I have ever owned with a hard drive in has had the drive bust.

I see all these HD cameras as a cynical exercise in marketing, just something new to get peoples dollar - I have heard sales people say that DV tape is 'old' and that HD is 'better'.

Sure, you dont have to capture in real time - big deal - you have to watch all your fottage lots of times anyway so I watch the capture, thus wasting no time.

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