80 minute minidv

**potemkin** · 10-08-2008, 06:46 PM

hey guys a documentary i directed got accepted to this years cinemanila. i was told that the screening format would be minidv. our problem is the film is 80 minutes long. i was wondering if any of you guys knew where we could get a 80 minute minidv tape locally?

TIA

**RandyQ** · 10-08-2008, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by potemkin

hey guys a documentary i directed got accepted to this years cinemanila. i was told that the screening format would be minidv. our problem is the film is 80 minutes long. i was wondering if any of you guys knew where we could get a 80 minute minidv tape locally?

TIA

Congratulations on your films acceptance, Potemkin.

An easy fix is to record in LP - thats 90 min on a regular mini-dv tape, if your recorder can do it. Thats easier said than done, though, because you have to record on an older cam (VX2100) or a consumer cam.

An 80 min DV tape might be impossible to find locally.

**imabs** · 10-08-2008, 08:21 PM

wow. congratulation, pare.
it can be done like what randyQ said, LP mode recording.

**hitme64** · 10-08-2008, 08:48 PM

i use a sony minidv and i don't think there is an 80-min tape for it...but like they said up there, it might work though i haven't tried it yet...

**jaijin** · 10-08-2008, 09:44 PM

Aren't minidvs sold in 60/90/120 minutes?

**potemkin** · 10-08-2008, 11:17 PM

yeah...basically im looking for one that can hold my 80 minuter

**RandyQ** · 10-09-2008, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by hitme64

i use a sony minidv and i don't think there is an 80-min tape for it...but like they said up there, it might work though i haven't tried it yet...

There IS a longer-than-60 min miniDV tape, although my addled brain can't recall if its 70 or 80 min. Regardless, I have never seen one anywhere, not in the US or HK, so it may have never achieved market penetration.

**RandyQ** · 10-09-2008, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by jaijin

Aren't minidvs sold in 60/90/120 minutes?

Nope. Just in 60min, and the 90min is the slower LP mode recording. AND many of us record in DVCam, which is just 40 min.

About eight years ago they announced a longer tape, but as we said earlier we can't seem to find it anywhere.

**A5v13M** · 10-09-2008, 07:58 PM

sorry potemkin. not available here. if you have friends or relatives abroad, it's available there. choose from Canon, Fujifilm, Panasonic and Sony brands. get it online from www.bhphotovideo.com.

and here is the complete link http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...t=Submit+Query

**potemkin** · 10-10-2008, 01:09 AM

hay... i guess LP is the way. thanks guys.

btw ive uploaded a trailer of the film on youtube.
heres a link to it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfZ1iF65T94
http://www.cinemanila.org.ph/