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But if I ever had a shot my life or carreer as a professional videographer (or serious hobbyist as someone put it above) depends on, I will not depend solely on the Sony tape: I will either attach a FireStore or a laptop and record BOTH onto the tape and to the hard drive. I am not saying that the expensive Sony tapes are not better yes they are better! I am saving them for that "all important" shot coming up some time in the future. I know, the day will come, and I too, will have a dropout. I am using TDK tapes from Costco (not exclusively, that answers your other question) and never had a problem so far. Murphy is right thinking that everything that can go bad, will eventually go bad, including expensive Sony tapes. The box with those ten tapes is still untouched! I am aware of the possibility of dropouts when using less expensive tapes, but as an engineer I also know: Mr. Also with the camera I had a rebate from Sony consisting of 10 digimaster tapes, two NPF-950 batteries, Vegas 6, and and instructional DVD for using the camera. My Z1 came with one Sony digital master tape and I used that. While I feel honored by someone asking for my opinion, Kevin, please keep in mind, this is just one opinion as you have already seen here. Stop the madness people! Cheap tapes are like cheap condoms, they're great when they work.Įrvin, thanks for the links, what is your opinion? While I realize the cost of tape is magnified by the number of tapes isn't the importance of the project also magnified by the number of tapes you shoot? If you're just shooting family memories are your child's first steps not worth $13.50 to you? If you are an amateur is your project or your time (if you had to reshoot or spend additional post time to fix) not worth $13.50?ģ.

If you are a professional, are your clients and/or your reputation and/or your time worth $13.50 to you?Ģ. Ask yourself one of these questions and use the answer to pick your tapes:ġ. The cheapest Mini DV tape I could find on the site was $2.50 in quantities of 10. A high quality tape like the Sony PHDVM-63DM DVCAM Master Digital Cassette is $16 when bought in quantities of 10 or more at B+H. What baffles me about the topic is this: Most if not all posters on this site seem to fall into two categories, professional video/filmmakers or serious amateurs.
