Jelena Jensen

So I've been using my Sony HDV camcorder (which records to MiniHDV and connects to my PC via firewire) to shoot my live shows so that I'm able to archive a high quality version. But my camera just crapped out on me! I'm torn with what to do right now because I have a little bit of an issue. I already have another Sony HD Hard Drive camcorder, but chat programs won't recognize it as a webcam since it uses a USB and not a firewire connection. I don't really want to buy a new camera that uses tapes only because it has a firewire connection.

I don't have time to do my own research right now...my grandfather (who raised me so he's pretty much my father) just had a stroke and I'm having to spend a lot of time down in LA with him. So I'm resorting to asking here since a lot of you know a lot about cameras and all that. I guess my questions are the following...

Does a camera exist yet that records via hard drive or flash and also has a firewire connection?

Is there a way to get chat programs to recognize a USB connected camera?

Do you have a better fix?

Thanks so much for helping me out. Like I said, I don't have time to research this myself right now and I have a live show scheduled in a week so I need to find a solution asap. Also, some info you may want to know in terms of what I'm using...I currently do my live shows on the Camz network and my HD Hard Drive camera (which I'd like to use if possible) is a Sony HDR-SR10.

Thanks again!

Jelena

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