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Posted by Scott en Aztln on 11/12/06 05:10
On 10 Nov 2006 08:13:24 -0800, adric22@yahoo.com wrote:
>You are definalty on the right track. I've done this before. I have an
>old Sony Digital 8 camera and I was able to just use a firewire cable
>between the digital8 and the mini-dv camera and copy the contents over
>digitally from one camera to the other. If the tapes are analog this
>should work too as long as the camera is backwards compatible with hi-8
>and 8mm. Fortunatly mine is. You can actually pick up such cameras on
>ebay for less than what the other guy said (around $300) I'd say
>closer to $150. The cheap ones have horrible CCDs and optics, but if
>you are just using it for the transfer, then it will be good.
Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions. I think I might try picking a
used camcorder up on eBay. I can buy it cheap. use it for a weekend,
and probably re-sell it for about the same price that I paid for it
originally. :)
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