I am sorry, but your suspicions are correct. Any footage shot is only as good as the camera which is the primary source. Putting the feeds from S-VHS cameras through a digital camera may help by converting the analogue video into digital (removing any further degradation, providing it stays in digital format) but it will still look like S-VHS. I do a similar thing at the school where I work. I only have S-VHS cameras at the moment, but by digitsing the footage into a computer and editing using Premiere, I have managed to create programs that look like first generation S-VHS. I guess the old adage about film and video making comes into force here - if you are willing to spend some money in the right areas - then it will benefit your production work. 3 or 4 good 3CCD digital video cameras will give your work a lift, as opposed to 6 or 7 inferior quality S-VHS cameras. I hope this helps! Mark Greetings, I have recently began working with a small video production company. The owner has limited knowledge of video equipment. In order to save money, one of the employees has suggested using one digital camera (with 3 CCDs) and several SVHS cameras. He believes that if we use the digital camera like a mixer and plug all of the SVHS cameras into it, then the quality of the finished product will be that of the digital camera. I am worried that the footage shot on the SVHS cameras will not be of the same quality as the digital camera (the quality that we need). Any information would be greatly appreciated, Steven Sharma ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite