Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi all! We have been experiencing an issue on site where threads have been missing the latest postings. The platform host Vanilla are working on this issue. A workaround that has been used by some is to navigate back a page or two to re-sync the thread and this will then show latest posts. Thanks, Mike.

camcorder that plays 8mm analogue and digital tapes

  • 08-02-2007 11:30am
    #1
    sodiumlightbaby
    Closed Accounts Posts: 279 ✭✭


    Hi,

    i read somewhere a few years back that there was a digital camcorder available that played old 8mm tapes as well as digital. Anyone know

    I have a load of old 8mm tapes that i want to convert myself to DVD. I dont have an 8mm camcorder anymore, coz the one i had died.

    Does anyone know of such a digital camcorder ? or anyo other way of doing it ?

    I dont want to bring it to a company to do it because its unedited and i dont want it all, therefore its easier if i do it myself.


Comments

  • #2
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    Any Sony Digital8 Handycams I've seen will playback normal Video8 tapes. Many of these will have FireWire connections - however, I don't know if they will output the analogue tapes through that. They've been selling them since the late '90s - don't know if there's a lot of new ones available now though.

    Digital8 is pretty much the same as MiniDV, it's just they use bigger 8mm cassettes instead of the MiniDV ones.


Advertisement