[DM-MUG] import from HI-8 video camera

[Jon Thompson]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news again, but not all Sony Digital8s will do
this. The 5xx series will not. In fact, I had to buy a model a few years ago
off of ebay because the new one does not do Hi8 to DV conversion, although
it will do analog inputs to dv output, and it plays Hi8 tapes.


Cameras that do not work:
Sony DCR-TRV5xx series

Cameras that will work:
SONY DCR-TRV480
SONY DCR-TRV110E
-- 
Jon Thompson
Evolve
www.dmevolve.com


On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 6:54 PM, John Robertson <john at createmydvd.com>wrote:

> I forgot to mention that you can use any DV camera that has analog
> inputs to do the conversion. As I said, S-video is better but
> composite will also work.  This will allow you to import your hi-8
> directly into imovie or whatever video software you want to use.
>
> As Jon pointed out, there are more recent sony models you can use. I
> didn't mean to say this was the only digital 8 model. Any Sony
> digital 8 will work. I know other manufactures made digital 8's also
> but I don't think they play hi-8. Stick with Sony if your purchasing
> digital 8 camera or player.
>
> Good Luck.
>
> > These suggestions will work just fine but I'd like to add my 2 cents
> > here. I suggest using a digital 8 camera like the TRV-430 or sony's
> > GV-D200 or something in that series. The reason I picked this
> > hardware is because they have a built in TBC (time base corrector).
> > This helps the transfer from dropping frames which will result in out
> > of sync audio. As long as you have a Hi 8 camera, you can use a
> > transfer box like the pinnacle movie box DV or the like. If you use
> > this, I'd suggest using an s-video cable from the camera to the
> > transfer box to minimize loss. Composite will work but it lowers the
> > quality and adds noise to the signal. VHS tapes on the other hand are
> > composite and do not benefit using S-video.
> >
> > John
> >
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