I'm new to this entire area, so here is my need, and I'm looking for your expertise.

I want to record for professional use using primarily bullet cams - 580 lines, so I need to record onto a unit of some sort. I will be mobile so I will use a 12 volt feed, and won't always have access to 120 V power.

I foresee collecting many hours of data over a couple days then transfering to a computer or device of some sort.

My questions are:

1) Will the Panasonic capture the quality off the bullet cameras - no loss in quality?

2) I will want to edit all the video collected, does this cameras download capability alone make it worth purchasing?

3) I understand using MiniDV's will be extremely time consuming - is the Panasonic simpler and is it generally trouble free?

4) Will storeage be a problem, I mean enough storeage? I won't have a computer with me but am considering a storeage device.

5) What would you suggest?

Thanks to all who particiate in this forum, I'm learning lots.