As stated above the most common consumer digital camcorder format is the miniDV. There are also 2 others that are only used by Sony. They are the MicroMV and Digital8. AFAIK they both last the same as miniDV but the tapes tend to be more expensive and more difficault to find.
Mark.
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Lexicon MC-8B. L/C/R: Blue Sky 6.5's, SL/SR/SBL/SBR: Blue Sky 5's, Sub: Velodyne DD-15
Panasonic NV-HS830, VTX-D800U via TiVo, Arcam DV29 & Sony BDP-S500 > Lumagen VisionHDP > Panasonic TH-46PZ85B. Marantz RC9200 | 
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