To You Pro-DVers: TRV900 or GL-1? - and other Qs...

Jessariah67 wrote on 1/19/2002, 4:31 PM

I got into Vegas to do still-based presentations, but now I want to add motion (better than the "movie mode" of my Canon S110). I don't even have a firewire card yet, and I've read many message boards and have seen both sides of the argument. Since I'm using VV3, I'd like to know what you think. My application would be 2 - 10 minute business/product profiles - strictly streaming or perhaps embedded on mulitimedia CDROMs. Thanks in advance for your input.

1) TRV900 or GL-1?
2) What Firewire cards are good?
3) I already have a dedicated 12G, 7200 rpm ata/66 for audio/video files. Would a Firewire HD add anything, or should I just wait until I graduate to larger projects (if at all) and replace the dedicated drive with a larger one.

Appreciate your time.

KH

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kevrlill wrote on 1/19/2002, 5:07 PM

I can't answer your questions but here's some good links:
http://www.dv.com/db_area/cgi-bin/Ultimate. Click on Cameras forum. You can use the search engine in that forum and you will come up with many hits for gl-1 and trv900. These people know a lot about DV cameras.

For your other questions the next forum will probably help:
http://www.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/select_forum.cgi?forum=sonicfoundry_vegas

Good luck! -Kevin

winrockpost wrote on 1/20/2002, 7:03 PM

XL-1 and at the very least 40 gig drive,extra grand or so for the XL will be well spent . Use both and the GL mostly collects dust.

kkolbo wrote on 1/20/2002, 8:52 PM

I would reccommend this instead:
Sony - DSRPD100A 3 CCD Mini DvCam Camcorder 12x Optical/48x Digital
Zoom Color Viewfinder 3.5" LCD Screen Optical Super Steady Shot

is $2,099.95

Professional audio input, good manual control, and miniDVCAM format. The optics are better and so is the internal transport. Spend the extra couple of hundred and move up.

You will need much more HD than you are allocating. I wouldn't think of less than 80 gig.

K

Jessariah67 wrote on 1/20/2002, 10:50 PM

Thanks.

As for the 12G - that's just what I have at this point. I plan on replacing the dedicated drive to a higher one.

KH

Cheesehole wrote on 1/21/2002, 6:04 AM

i was stuck between the TRV900 and the GL-1 for a while. i decided i'd be happy with either. the pro's and con's cancelled eachother out for me.

i finally went with the GL-1. it was the 30fps progressive mode that tipped the scale. i shoot in frame mode with 1/60th shutter speed, using the ND filter (and another ND filter during the day) and the results are very satisfying. the handle makes shooting from interesting angles possible, for example, i made a movie running with my dog in the woods and could run with the camera at ground level.

if i had gone with the TRV900 i'd probably be writing about how i love the high resolution optics, large lcd screen, and discreet profile.

- ben (cheesehole)