bearing in mind that the mini dvd only hold about 30 mins of footage, so if ya don't edit you just end up with loads of disks with only a half hour each which is fairly crappy raw camera footage.
How much footage does mini-dv hold? Is it greater than 30 minutes?
http://www.epinions.com/content_1447534724 said:Capacity
The MiniDV tapes can hold 30, 60 and 80 minutes in the standard SP mode. In LP mode, they hold 1.5 times more – 45, 90 and 120 minutes (without the loss in picture quality, but sometimes with a loss in features, like audio dubbing).
D8 uses 8mm or Hi8 tapes (Sony recommends Hi8), but, since the tape travels twice as fast, the capacity is twice less than in Video8 mode – you can record 60 minutes on the 120-minute Hi8 tape. In LP mode the capacity increases by 50%, so 120-minute tape can hold 90 minutes of digital video. Sony recommends to play back the LP-recorded D8 tapes on the same camcorder they were recorded. Same with 8mm tapes in SP mode.
Also, keep in mind that you cannot record in LP mode on a 8mm tape – only on Hi8 tape. Even if you select LP mode and 8mm tape is in camcorder, the recording will be in SP mode. To be able to get LP mode recording, you need to buy a Hi8 tap
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