Is this camcorder a good purchase for someone who is looking to transfer their 8mm tapes to DVDs?
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Yes it does Amanda. For further info, you may check on the link below for its user manual. -Ely https://docs.sony.com/release/CCDTRV608.PDF
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Yes it is. I bought it for just that purpose as I foolishly let my old 8mm camera go when I upgraded.
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Yes it does Amanda. For further info, you may check on the link below for its user manual. -Elyhttps://docs.sony.com/release/CCDTRV608.PDF
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With my tapes it did not work. I kept the camera only 1 day and had to pay 40% (besides post expenses) only to return the item. I don't recommend.
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Let me just say that the camcorder comes with a thick manual in the box. It explains most of the features just fine. If you didn't get one then your package must've been opened. If you're tech savvy enough to run a camcorder then you should be able to download a PDF manual from the Canon website. Giving a camera bad scores because a manual was taken out of the box doesn't reflect on how good the camera is. As for downloading videos, the software does leave a lot to be desired. You can copy video to your hard drive directly and rename the files from .MOD to .MPG... or you can use a free program called SDCopy (search Google) to copy and rename the files. The only program I couldn't get to load renamed files is Windows Media Encoder. The rest handle them just fine. The camera is $400. For that amount of money it is packed with features, has a killer zoom and is worth the price. Software aside, I would buy it again.
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Well I am by no means a camcorder, projector expert, but IMO it works well, I actually just received this camcorder and have been practicing with it, we sat out side last night and viewed some footage on the side of the house, we laughed and thought it was awesome, I'm sure if you spent alot more $$$, you would get a better projector, but IMO so far this camcorder works well for the $$$. I spent on it, in fact it's better than I thought, technology has came along way since my last video recorder, that I gave alot more $$$ for than this one which is now out of date.
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There is a lot of advice on burning to regular DVD-R in the discussion "How to put small clips together". I have a Vista dual core 3GB system and use the Pixela Image Mixer SE software included in the camcorder package. It is not very sophisticated but I find it pretty stable and it does an adequate job of making both regular DVD-R's and AVCHD movies on DVD-R. To just join AVCHD clips together with no editing it is quite fast and I believe it does "smart-rendering" ? Otherwise, the computer may take a few hours to process. Viewing directly on an SD TV is no problem. You just hook up the supplied red/yellow/white AV cables to your TV and put the other end in the back of the camcorder. Best to power it from the power cable though. You will need to come up with a plan to archive your AVCHD video for future use for when you get your HDTV. Otherwise your video may be "gone from the flashcard". When you get your HDTV you might want to think about getting a PS3 or Blu-Ray Player to play your alternate AVCHD DVD-R disks. You can use the supplied HD component video and audio cables to hook up the camcorder to the HDTV, but long-term a Blu-Ray Player is probably a better option. If you want a miniHDMI-HDMI hookup you will have to buy the cable as it is not supplied with the HF100. Currently, a 16GB SDHC card (2 hours FXP AVCHD) costs about $50. It takes 4 standard DVD-R's to store 2 hours of AVCHD at a cost of about $2. Also, how long can you expect the video to last on the flash card ? I have hard drive backups of the raw .mts files, DVD-R backups of the .mts files and DVD-R's of edited AVCHD movies. Oh, and I have edited standard DVD-R's in both NTSC and PAL(for my family in the UK, available from the "settings" tab).....
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I'm not sure what regular 8 is, but if you're asking if it will play 8mm tapes then the answer is no. This camcorder plays and records Hi8 only.
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If you have the camera there is transfer boxes you can buy for about $30, I'm sure on amazon too. You just plug audio/video cables in and transfer anything to the computer, then burn it on DVD. I have one and it works great. If you don't have the camera there should be something that just plays the tapes, may be hard to find though. Mini DV camcorders are obsolete now, should be able to find one pretty cheap or on eBay to use for transferring tapes.
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After sending my answer, I looked at the others. My experience with this machine was very positive. I have copied over 100 VCR tapes onto DVD's, and have had no problems other than the directions being very confusing. My VCR tapes were very old, and I had to clean the heads every so often too.
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I have an aold Canon 8400 camcorder that uses hi 8 tapes and I have made perfect dvds using this system.
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Hi Mohammad, you can record videos in 8cm discs, not mini DVDs. Thanks_Mitch
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No. Stop looking for a 8mm adapter, there are none. 8mm film is too small to play in your vcr and it would be much to expensive for the consumer if a company developed one. your only alternative is to hook up your 8mm camera to your vcr by rca cable and either watch or record to a blank vhs tape. Simple, cheap and it works.
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so should i buy a progressive camcorder or interlaced to record (film) and then upload to YouTube and/or make DVDs? Mostly concert stuff (not sports)
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Thanks Dale --That sounds great! Almost too easy to be true? I guess the big hang up with those old camcorders was getting the video onto a PC, connections, storage space, firewire's, etc.... I just want to put them on a dvd so this sounds like it would work for me. It is just home video of the kids growing up so top image quality isn't really a concern. The only other question is, what do you think the 'playability' of the recorded disc would be on devices going forward, meaning our PC, parents PC, whatever dvd player we have, etc.....? Any special type of disc to ensure compatability with multiple devices?If I spend hours converting but then can't watch, I haven't really accomplished anything. Thanks Dale --That sounds great! Almost too easy to be true? I guess the big hang up with those old camcorders was getting the video onto a PC, connections, storage space, firewire's, etc.... I just want to put them on a dvd so this sounds like it would work for me. It is just home video of the kids growing up so top image quality isn't really a concern. The only other question is, what do you think the 'playability' of the recorded disc would be on devices going forward, meaning our PC, parents PC, whatever dvd player we have, etc.....? Any special type of disc to ensure... » Read More Thanks Dale --That sounds great! Almost too easy to be true? I guess the big hang up with those old camcorders was getting the video onto a PC, connections, storage space, firewire's, etc.... I just want to put them on a dvd so this sounds like it would work for me. It is just home video of the kids growing up so top image quality isn't really a concern. The only other question is, what do you think the 'playability' of the recorded disc would be on devices going forward, meaning our PC, parents PC, whatever dvd player we have, etc.....? Any special type of disc to ensure compatability with multiple devices?If I spend hours converting but then can't watch, I haven't really accomplished anything. « Show Less
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Yes. There ok. Really good video camera You need a converter for your pc to make DVDs Called AVS video converter is worth the moneyBuy spare batt.
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You can very easily record and even edit your tape 8 mm and high 8 to a dvd (not cd) with a Toshiba video recorder model DR430KU.
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I used it successfully with regular 8. It took a lot of trial and error (repositioning projector, mirror and mirror angle and refocusing) to get it right. It takes considerable persistence, but my transfers look a lot better than the ones I had done professionally to VHS tape and DVD; and, unlike those transfers, mine run at the correct speed. Probably not as good as present-day professional frame-by-frame techniques; but (with a good camcorder), you can get achieve something pretty decent at very small fraction of the cost.
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Only if you want to play them on anything but the camera itself....but you can change tapes on that anytime. I pesonally prefer to transfer important videos to DVD. There are DVD recorders, especially good ones from Magnavox, that you can simply plug in video and audio inputs to very easily make great DVDs. I have literally scores of such discs for both my business and family videos.
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You can make regular dvd's with this camcorder. Since my computer is slow. I purchased a Sony DVD Direct Burner and it works great. With the burner I do lose the ability to edit the videos and it burns in real time....if your video is an hour it takes an hour to burn. The quality is fantastic and it also can burn slide shows from various memory cards.