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Re:For what are the Windows A:\ and B:\ drives used? by motters on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @08:56AM (#2096112)
The movement from camera film to digital cameras was a largely unnoticed revolution which took place within the last decade.
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Re:For what are the Windows A:\ and B:\ drives used? by patrickyeon on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @11:40AM (#2096689)
In industry, that may be so (I seem to recall one of the Star Wars prequels being the first feature movie done entirely with digital cameras). For end-user video cameras (handicams, or whatnot), we've been storing to magnetic tape for a good bit longer though.
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Re:For what are the Windows A:\ and B:\ drives used? by CrLf on Thursday January 13, 2011 @06:07AM (#2099465)
Being digital doesn't mean using solid state storage. Magnetic tape is probably still the most used medium for digital video cameras. For example, Betacam SX is still used.
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