Tiny camera, HUGE problems.
Smaller cameras are in my opinion in any case difficult to get good shots with, the smaller and lighter the camer the harder it is to hold still.
If you need a good small camera for certain shots there's heaps of tiny cameras, all the way up to HD stuff with decent glass. All you need is add a seperate VCR, there's a more limited choice in that area but Sony have a few walkman VCRs for DV25 and D8.

Some of the security cameras make excellent video cameras, I've been looking at one with a built in DSP that can give you two shutter speeds in the one frame, brilliant stuff, means you can shoot a scene is a room with a window and have the interior and exterior correctly exposed.

Bob.

You can use the footage. Just convert each clip to a regular DV clip. If you've got a bunch do a batch render. It's not something I would get into if you don't already have one of these cameras, because of the extra steps, time and conversion artifacts, but you can do it in a pinch.

I was my understanding that Sony had dropped the Micro MV format because of customer complaints about the low quality. I would stay far, far, away from it. Get a miniDV camcorder.

~jr

>>...I was my understanding that Sony had dropped the Micro MV format...

I also heard the same thing.

What is it you're trying to do? You can get a "lipstick" camera and plug it into the video input on your MiniDV camera.

Same here, some things just linger on, same with the DVD cameras. I had someone who works for Hitachi ask me how to edit stuff recorded on one of the Hitachi cameras, go figure !
Bob.

I've got a bunch of "pro (sumer)" cameras, for the "real" work, but I'm still a film junkie at heart. Anytime I go anywhere, I generally have some sort of video camera with me. For the last bunch of years, it's been the Sony PD-1. The funny thing is that I've used footage from that tiny baby more times than I'd like to admit - intercut into "real" footage in high end professional work.

For instance - on a recent cruise ship video - the work day was over (10-12hrs of setups)- we (my crew and the clients) were all eating a cruise ship dinner (ok - it ain't ALL bad) and out of nowhere - all the waiters started to sing Italian arias. A wonderful moment - but NO way was I going to get back to the stateroom, unpack the PD170 and return to get the shot. PD1 to the rescue - and singing waiters get a 10 second sound bite accompanied by two/three seconds of usable footage. Grainy, mushy?? Sure by PD170 standards - but "absolutely usable" - you betcha.
So that camera is over five years old - and we all know that camera years are even faster than "dog" years. Surely there is something smaller, lighter and with a better set of chips out there for me???
Suggestions?? Anyone got that Panazonic 3 chip baby (it's TINY) - it looks great in the showroom - I"m just such a Sony loyalist.... Input please...