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Ive been using a brilliant sony dcr-pc9e mini dv cam fro a few years now,and want a new cam.So the natural progression would be a hi-def cam,but not sure how i feel about not having a solid back up copy( as i do with my mini dv tapes ).If anythiong goes wrong with anything ive transferred to dvd from my cam,i can just re transfer from the orginal tape.Obviously i cant do this with a hard drive cam.So for anyone on here that owns a cam with a hard drive/memory stick,could you share id be interested to know what you do.Do you save all the memory sticks so you have them as a back up,or is that too expensive to buy a new stick for every event you film.There are a few that use hi def tapes that can record 60 mins in hi def video,and ideally that would be perfect,but eventually tapes will be fazed out altogether.There are tons of reasonably priced hi def cams on the market and would love to get one in the next few months( fingers tightly crossed ).