The Sony DV camcorder that can also play old tapes into a Mac via Firewire sounds like a good solution. But I'm also interested in getting the edited video back out onto videotape and/or DVD without a lot of hassle. So I'm looking at these two video Firewire video converters that OWC sells: http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=6339&Item=MIGDC2INTL and http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_MailList.cfm?ID=5593&Item=ADSAPI550. One costs nearly twice as much as the other ($165 vs. $300) but the more expensive one has lots of input and output ports and it looks like you can hook your old alalog camcorder up to it and run a cable both to the Mac and to other items like monitors, VCRs, etc. and do lots of video importing and exporting in different formats. I'm still open to all options, but I'm sort of leaning towards that right now.
I'd love to hear from anybody who has one or the other of the above gadgets and/or who can compare the two technically. Tom At 1:21 PM -0600 5/10/2004, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I had a similar situation about a year and a half ago. I decided to sell >my old Canon 8mm camcorder and buy a Sony Handycam Digital8 model. I sold >my Canon on eBay, and bought a new Sony trv-330 on eBay, for a net >exchange cost of about $280. The 330 will play the old 8mm tapes and has >firewire, so I can just plug it into the back of my B&W G3 and import it >into iMovie. Very easy, with no cards, converters, or extra software. > >John Black >Nashville, TN > >> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 15:13:11 -0600 >> From: Thomas Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Hi-8 camcorder to Mac/iMovie to videotape? >> >> Ten or twelve years ago I spent thousands of dollars on a really nice >> professional Canon Hi-8 camcorder (if you saw the movie Titanic, it's the >> same camcorder that the guy was filming the shipwreck with on the ocean >> floor through the portholes of the submarine). So now I've got this big >> collection of Hi-8 videotapes of family and other events that I'd like to >> get onto VHS videotapes, so I can put them into a VCR and view them on a >> TV, and also make copies for relatives to see. The hi-8 camcorder still >> works fine, too, and I hate to replace it with a cheap DV one. >> >> My question: what equipment would I need to get these Hi-8 tapes (in analog >> format I assume) into the Mac where I could edit it in iMovie, and then >> send it back out to a VCR? Art website at http://www.ThomasBakerPaintings.com Archaeology website at http://www.nmia.com/~jaybird/AANewsletter/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
