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[Martin_1962]

[Radiomarko]

Archiving is indeed a headache now if your work-flow is tapeless ( pull off an SxS or CF card onto a hard drive, edit then out to broadcast) - we have just got one of the first of these in the UK:

http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=3407

 At 50Mbps MPEG-2 4:2:2 1080/50i (1920 x 1080), onto UDMA CF cards it will gobble around 32GB in 80 mins.

An archive is important for us, but Blu-Ray (a hassle) or server based storage are the only viable options... at a big expense. So tapeless work-flow is wonderful but there are trade-offs.

The same will be true in domestic set-ups as discussed earlier. DVD's do not last as long as tape stored correctly and are a tad more unreliable. I have had umpteen bad optical discs since they were invented and only four yes 4 bad professional tapes in 30 years.

If you want to easily, cheaply and safely keep all that you have shot - stick with well stored tape formats. If you only want to keep your "edited highlights" a hard drive camcorder and DVDs ( maybe burn two on quality media) will be fine.

[Martin_1962]

Shoot on tape, edit on HDD, record Edit on HDD, record TV on HDD, final copy on Optical media - still waiting for prices to drop under £150 for BD

[Radiomarko]

Agreed, if you have the time for real time digitising.

BTW - I exclude this tape format from my archiving  recommendation:






Finally nothing will work if you employ this operator....

[Chris_H]

Agreed, if you have the time for real time digitising.

BTW - I exclude this tape format from my archiving  recommendation:






Finally nothing will work if you employ this operator....

Those 2"in quad machines were great stuff for a long time.  Most surreal experience I had with one was doing interview training as an apprentice at Marconi and someone had lashed-up a b/w vidicon camera (lower quality that most of today's CCTV jobs by far) to a quad machine so that we could review our technique! Talk about sledgehammer to crack a nut!

[Radiomarko]

"Those 2"in quad machines were great stuff for a long time....."

Ha ha indeed- over 25 years. So long as you kept a bucket and mop handy to unclog the heads!