Tiny, cheap(ish) and record to solid state media.
Although I'm somewhat peeved at the thought of a frustrating road, you end up having to take what's on offer. Unfortunately my budget, nor my baggage allowance, permits me to get a high end DV or HDV camera, so these are the best option given those constraints. It's simply not pratical to lug around a high end camera around what I want to do with it, so I've been investigating the more practical (in terms of recording) solutions.
And realistically the work flow doesn't really change that much; given that the model I am looking at record to solid state media, there's no hassles of 'capture'. So I will simply transcode what I want just as I would always capture only what I needed. And, of course, you then don't have the limitations of tape.
Again, not ideal, but I'm starting to get a pragmatic workflow. |