8mm video to HVX?

[petelms]

Hello!

Is it possible to copy 8mm video to HVX? I would like to copy my old 8mm cassettes to the miniDV format...I mean, if I have very old analog 8mm camcoder, is it possible to connect that to the HVX video in and digitize those old analog cassettes? Unfortunately, my old camcoder seems to be broken, so I have to get a "new" one somewhere...that's why I cannot test this out...

Also, I read this from the wikipedia:

"A third route is to find a Digital8 camcorder which supports legacy playback of Video8 and Hi8, and which will output a digitized DV signal directly via its firewire port. This will usually yield an improved image quality compared to the previously mentioned methods, and can offer the advantage of direct computer control over the tape transport, which is difficult (may require extra hardware) or impossible for the bridge method mentioned above."

So, should I buy that kind of Digital8 camcoder for the transfer or...? Is it really better quality? And which Digital8 models support Video8 playback?

Thanks! :dankk2:

[BobDiaz]

The Sony Digital 8 cameras do support the older analog 8mm format.

As I recall, the HVX-200 will take in composite (and S-Video) and record it to the mini-DV Tape.

I do not think it is possible to record composite (and S-Video) to the P2 Card. However, this is off the top of my head, so I could be wrong here...


Bob diaz

[petelms]

Thanks, Bob. :thumbup: