Tools of the craft

Mini DV cameras:

• High quality

• Easy to use

• Extremely light sensitive

• Connect directly into computer via firewire for editing and printing your edited master to tape

Computer and firewire:

• Late model computer (Apple Macintosh – G3 or later, PC – P2 bare minimum but P3 preferred) with 256 mb ram. computer with bundled iMovie non-linear editing software

• Non linear editing software. Apple machines have this bundled with their operating system. PC users will need to purchase additional editing software (we recommend Adobe Premiere 6).

• Firewire enabled. Apple Macintosh computers have this as standard. PCs will require a 3rd party firewire video card.

• Portable external hard drive with fast data throughput (recommended optional extra)

The advantage with the Apple system is that they provide an elegant, user friendly video production system straight out of the box. No additional hardware or software is required.