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In article <1991May01.202639.8005@sdd.hp.com>, hsun@hpsdde.hp.com (Hsun Lee) writes...
> 
>  I am looking for some Hi 8 tapes.  A salesman told me that metal-E
>tapes can pick up 400 lines, while metal-P tapes can only pick up 330 lines.
>Another salesman told me that metal-E tapes are more prone to defects.
>Are these statements true?  Which of these two has better picture quality?
>Which is less prone to defects?  What are their price ranges?      
> 
>  What are the commonly available brands?  Which ones are good?  Where can
>people find good prices?
> 
>  Thanks in advance. 


Try SONY P6-120HMPX Hi8 tape (120 min)  about $12.50.  They are available in
60 min and 30 min sizes.  I buy them at a SONY Broadcast dealer here Rochester. 

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W. Keith McManus                                      wkmpph@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Rochester Institute of Technology
School of Photographic Arts & Sciences
Department of Applied Photography

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These are just a few initial comments on the SONY CCD-V5000 camcorder.
I can't find it now, but I believe the ccd imager has 380,000 elements..
The lux rating is 2 to 100,000 with 100 to 100,000 recommended.

I've only used the SONY E Metal HI8 tape and the results in good light
have been very good and even low light has been better then expected.
It has both the RCA inputs and outputs and the S-Video ports.
I just did a quick test with teh LD reference recording with the following
setup:
S-video to v5000, rca to SLHF-1000, and rf from slhf-1000 to TV (25 ft).

The LD player is the Panasonic LX-1000.

The multiburst test results were good.
The first 4 bursts .5 Mhz to 3Mhz are very clear., the fifth at 3.58 Mhz
is fuzzy, instead of the clear black and white lines they are white and
grey.  The 6th at 4.18Mhz can be found, but its murky light and dark
grey and just notibly different from the inter burst grey.
This was done from a quick jury rig of equipment and if I had taken the
hour or so needed to guarentee the best hookup I would expect better
results.

This camcorder is not a small unit, it weighs 6 lbs 10oz (according to 
the manual)  Size wise its 7.5 x 9.375 x 17 (Its larger then many of the
pportable computers I've seen).

The biggest problem seems to be the standard hunting auto focus.
With autofocus on the batteries last about half the normal time.
It comes with a SONY NP-77H (2 hour battery) and several other accesories
including the batter cahrger and a cleaning tape.

Please feel free to email me with any questions.  I'll answer best I can.

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A good bureaucracy is the best tool of oppression ever invented.
Richard Shetron   USERFXLG@mts.rpi.edu  multics@rpi.edu

The V5000 has a two hour battery? I find that hard to believe.
20 minutes, perhaps.

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