Sony makes MPEG cameras, the MicroMV line (http://tinyurl.com/4yqr) [sonystyle.com]
The advantages are that the tape is much smaller and that you get an "index" at the beggining of the tape.
The disadvantages are video quality and the fact that it is all Sony proprietary so the tapes are expensive.
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Sony makes MPEG cameras, the MicroMV line (http://tinyurl.com/4yqr) [sonystyle.com] The advantages are that the tape is much smaller and that you get an "index" at the beggining of the tape. The disadvantages are video quality and the fact that it is all Sony proprietary so the tapes are expensive.