Posted by joonky.poonky on 01/04/07 03:08

Thanks for your reply. A few people told me about the Digital8
camcorder option. Why would this be any better than using the A-D
passthrough feature? Are you saying that there is more loss of signal
quality using this approach than using a Digital8?

Regards,

Jackie




Richard Crowley wrote:
> <joonky.poonky@gmail.com> wrote ...
> >I want to convert some old analog tapes (8mm and Hi8) to digital and
> > store on my computer in best possible resolution for future editing.
> >
> > My sister has a miniDV camcorder with A-D passthrough capabilities
> > which she is willing to lend me. However, I have been reading a lot
> > about the Canopus ADVC110 which users seem to think is quite good. If
> > quality of the video is all I care about, which is the better option?
>
> For your purposes, the ADVC110 and the camcorder are
> equivalent. Don't sweat it. If you had a friend with one of
> the Digital8 camcorders that will read 8mm and Hi8, you
> could go directly from the camcorder into your computer.

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