Canopus ADVC-100 on a ibook G4 (May 2005)

Someone here recomended that I buy this for use with my JVC SXM250U to play
and converttapes on my ibook G4 (May 2005) or whatever the model was. Its a
VHS-C camcorder. The video is okay, and many, many, many times superior
than thedigital video that any digital still camera I have used, and this
would include the Sony Mavica (which seems to be near the top of the still
camera market). But then again these are video groups, and not still picture
groups. I'm sure those in the photo group can tell me if the ifnormation I
am giving is incorrect.

I did some price checking on ebay among other places, and I see that this
converter will cost almost as much as a low end digiral camcorder, am I
correct?

Will a low end match the features of my JVC SXM250U model? This one is
nice,and I especially like the backlight.


John

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"Bible John" wrote ...
> Someone here recomended that I buy this for use with
> my JVC SXM250U to play and convert tapes on my
> ibook G4 (May 2005) or whatever the model was. Its
> a VHS-C camcorder.

The ADVC-100 has been replaced by the ADVC-110.
They are both great products that don't care whether they
are talking to a PC or a Mac. It also doesn't care whether
the source is VHS, S-VHS, VHS-C, 8mm, 3/4U, Betamax,
or any other analog format.

> The video is okay, and many, many, many times superior
> than thedigital video that any digital still camera I have used,

Nobody seriously expects still cameras to produce "video".
Nobody seriously expects video cameras to produce "stills".
The requirements are VERY different, and the market for
a gadget that does both well appears to be nonextant, perhaps
because it would cost way too much to be atractive.

> and this would include the Sony Mavica (which seems to
> be near the top of the still camera market). But then again
> these are video groups, and not still picture groups. I'm sure
> those in the photo group can tell me if the ifnormation I
> am giving is incorrect.

I have what was at one time the top-of-the-line Mavica,
but I would never dream of trying to use it for "video".

> I did some price checking on ebay among other places,
> and I see that this converter will cost almost as much as
> a low end digiral camcorder, am I correct?

Probably.

> Will a low end match the features of my JVC SXM250U
> model? This one is nice,and I especially like the backlight.

Hard to compare your JVC against a ??????.

OTOH, guaranteed that the cheapest mini-DV camera
will *record* better than the very best VHS machine
ever made. Whether a given mini-DV camcorder has a
better *camera* section can only be determined on a
case-by-case basis. There are lots of online resources
that review the imaging capabilities of camcorders.

If I were a betting man, I'd wager that you can likely
find an inexpensive mini-DV camcorder at least the
equal of your JVC VHS-C unit.

Richard Crowley in rec.video.production