Please tell me your methods for transferring 8mm to digital. Do you just project it on a wall and re-film it? Or is there a device special for this?
I bought a converter-something on e-bay, but it's kind of quirky, with mirrors etc. Jan Weber On Friday, December 19, 2003, at 02:00 PM, Brian O'Neal wrote: > I use a Canon ZR-10, I beleive that the Z series is up to the ZR-70 > now. I like my 2 year old ZR-10. I don't like its low light > capabilities, but I think that was improved upon the later models. > Other than that one down fall Its is a great camcorder. > All of the Z series work with imovie, and have firewire. Some I > believe can accept memory cards for still photos. > And if I remember correctly they should fall in your price range. > > I did use mine to transfer 6+ hrs of 8mm video to my computer and > title it with imovie and export it to vhs. I didnt have enough storage > to keep it all digital. It worked well. > > Brian O'Neal > > > > On Dec 19, 2003, at 9:57 AM, Michael Robertson wrote: > >> Any suggestions for brand/model of digital camcorder for home/amature >> use to edit older analog 8mm tapes. Probably should have firewire >> connection. Price range in the 500 to 800s. >> Thanks for any help. >> Mike Robertson >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
