The increased amount of data that must be stored when recording HDV means that more processing power is also needed. None of the instructions I've found on various forums work.īenefiting from a 32.5-650mm (35mm range) Canon L-series 20x optical zoom lens with Super Range Optical Image Stabilizer, the XH A1 inherits the highest optical standards. Three days and I'm about to throw this camera out the window without bothering to open it. I've just attempted to get the HDV video footage from my XH A1 Canon into Vegas via a firewire 400. It's probably been asked before but I looked and couldn't find. Many thanks for your thoughts, ideas, and 2.com› Canon Xh A1 Camera Storage Driver ▲▲▲ Would appreciate your thoughts and knowledge on the options, alternatives here.

As 6 year old technology, I suspect that there are now other ways of doing this, at a similar price point.Ĭompact flash? Just firewire straight into the laptop (although carrying a laptop on field shoots doesn’t seem the best choice in terms of portability)? Or other options/methods that I am unaware of? New in this area, so not aware of the field of possible options here. The used FS-4 HD Pro seems to be running at a roughly 300.00 price point the DN-60 around 450-500. It occurs to me that there must be other options/methods that have been developed since then to record and directly edit video with portability and ease using this camera, apart, of course, from purchasing a hard drive camcorder.Īny thoughts/knowledge on what the options may be here? Willing to consider purchasing the somewhat older methodologies, such as Firestore and DataVideo, but I suspect that there are also other brands/options/methods that have been developed since then as well, in order to be able to record in the field, and edit directly to PC (Premier). So far, I’ve found the Firestore FS-4HD Pro, and other DTE recorders from Focus Enhancements/Vitec, that seem to have made their splash in 2008 or so (although reviews seem to suggest that these had a habit of being buggy, virus prone, perhaps somewhat unreliable), and similar, more expensive options from DataVideo, such as the DN-60, which also appears to have had its day in 2008-9 or so. I am considering what would be the best quality/value choice for portable tapeless recording and editing as of 2014.

I own the Canon XH A1, a pro-prosumer DV/HDV camcorder which records uses Mini DV tape.

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