Digital Video Cameras

[Rossi]

Ok I need a bit of help regarding these things.
I need to do some filming for some coursework and have to edit the footage on the computer.
I have managed to get hold of a camera from my old mans work.  Had a play around with the camera last night and found that there was no tape in there, but there was a memory card thing.  When I went to try filming it started having a paddy because there wasn't a tape in it.  I have since got hold of a tape and it films ok now, only thing is I can't get the video onto the computer because I haven't installed the hardware or something.
1.) What is the point of the memory card if you can only record onto the tape?
2.) Is it essential that I have to get the CD to install the software to let me put what I have filmed onto the computer?
3.) Would I be able to put the contents of the tape onto a computer by putting it in another camera? (i.e do they have different breeds of tape?)

[Reg Smeeton]

Don't you need something like i Movie, if you work with macs or Pinnacle for Windows, if you want to do DVE?

[Rossi]

:shock:

[Whits]

2.) Is it essential that I have to get the CD to install the software to let me put what I have filmed onto the computer?

probably not, most drivers are lurking around on the makers website