[thechat] more advice on buying a digital camcorder, please

[William Anderson]

Martin Burns wrote:

> 
> On Sunday, October 19, 2003, at 05:52  pm, rudy wrote:
> 
>> and the still pics go onto a "memory stick"
>> which downloads to the computer in a different manner, through the USB 
>> port
> 
> 
> You can get readers for memory sticks (mmmm proprietory Sony technology) 
> I think which run over firewire, but they're expensivo.

whaaa?  usb readers for memory sticks (and other smart-type media) are 
commonplace now - look for cheap X-in-1 readers (where X is usually 4, 5 or 
6) which can take Sony MS, SD, XD, CF and so on.

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