Difference between dv and dvcam at DVinfo.net

Frank Feijen · March 15th, 2006, 01:00 AM

I know that it's a very basic question, but what would be the advantage of filming dvcam instead of dv? (planning a sd-pal project, which will require a lot of tapes.)

Alex Horvath · March 15th, 2006, 03:08 AM

accurate Timecode in conjunction with audio and video.
bigger cassettes (3h tapes)
tapetransport is faster than minidv. It´s the reason why minidv tapes can only used with 46min instead of 60min.

alex

Boyd Ostroff · March 15th, 2006, 09:16 AM

There won't be any quality difference between DV and DVCAM, but maybe less prone to dropouts. However my Z1 experience is that you get better quality by shooting HDV and downconverting in-camera (i.Link conv) to capture as regular DV.

March 15th, 2006, 01:00 AM	#1
Frank Feijen Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Brussels - Belgium Posts: 36	Difference between dv and dvcam I know that it's a very basic question, but what would be the advantage of filming dvcam instead of dv? (planning a sd-pal project, which will require a lot of tapes.)

March 15th, 2006, 03:08 AM	#2
Alex Horvath Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Innsbruck,Austria Posts: 45	accurate Timecode in conjunction with audio and video. bigger cassettes (3h tapes) tapetransport is faster than minidv. It´s the reason why minidv tapes can only used with 46min instead of 60min. alex

March 15th, 2006, 09:16 AM	#3
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,787	There won't be any quality difference between DV and DVCAM, but maybe less prone to dropouts. However my Z1 experience is that you get better quality by shooting HDV and downconverting in-camera (i.Link conv) to capture as regular DV.