DVCAM  & HD CAM  & DVCAM and mini Dv transfers Pal and NTSC are transferred either SDI or by Firewire into final cut pro or Premiere Pro to files hard drive.

The first consumer-level and lower-end professional digital video recording format, introduced in 1995, used a smaller Digital Video Cassette (DVC).[22] The format was later renamed Mini DV to reflect the DV encoding scheme, but the tapes still carry "DVC" mark. Some later formats like  DVC- Pro from Panasonic reflect the original name. The DVC/MiniDV format provides broadcast-quality video and sophisticated nonlinear editing capability on consumer and some professional equipment and has been used on many films, like Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later (2001, shot on a Canon XL1) and David Lynch's Inland Empire (2006, shot on a Sony PD170)

I In the late 2000s, MiniDV and its high-definition cousin, HDV, were the two most popular  tape-based formats. The formats use different encoding methods, but the same cassette type. Since 2001,with HDV (High Definition Video) offering consumers a bridge on HD video on MiniDV tape.