Are HDV tapes, like the Canon Hdvm-E63PR HDV Tape, different (other than price) from Mini DV tapes?
I was AC on a shoot with the Canon XL-H1. The DP asked me for a new tape and I came back with a sony Mini-DV tape. He said, "No that's standard def, we need the HDV tapes."
They were out of the HDV tapes, and had to make a run. The Producers were shocked when they learned that the HDV tapes(Canon Hdvm-E63PR HDV Tape) were twenty dollars a piece (they bought three cases).
This is when I bit my lip. As far as I know there is no way increase the bandwidth of tape stock (unless you make the tape wider) or the data rate of a format. Isn't the data rate for HDV format 25mbs; the same as Mini DV. Has Canon increased the bandwidth of this stock? Or is this another example of HD washing?
