# New Camera!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-camera/215764>\
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**Created:** [February 10, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-camera/215764 "2007-02-10T03:37:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![ar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@ar1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ar1)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-camera/215764/1 "2007-02-10T03:37:44Z")

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My Church just let me take home a Canon MiniDV XL1 for a video production project I’m doing for a national contest (called FineArts, and is a contest that has anything from singing to rock bands to art).

Here’s a link [http://www.amazon.com/Canon-XL1-Digital-Camcorder-Kit/dp/B000050FA5/sr=1-1/qid=1171079604/ref=pd\_bbs\_sr\_1/104-9728114-6588714?ie=UTF8&s=photo](http://www.amazon.com/Canon-XL1-Digital-Camcorder-Kit/dp/B000050FA5/sr=1-1/qid=1171079604/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-9728114-6588714?ie=UTF8&s=photo)

I can’t wait to start filming my project! The thing is, I’m still trying to find out how to hook it up to my computer, either getting a FireWire card for my computer and connecting it to the camera, or getting a capture card and transferring the video with s-video.

I don’t want to spend all too much money, but what do ya’ll think is the best way to get the best quality from the video?