But miniDV drives/players cost much more than a camcorder.
Go figure?
Bob
are there any adapters i can buy that i can transfer footage from a mini dv tape to my computer without a camcorder? i am imagining somethings that the dv tape slides into that has a firewire cord out of the back that goes to my computer. is this possible/ is there something available?

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