I have a couple of dozen Hi8 video tapes that were originally recorded on a Sharp Viewcam. The Sharp has long since died and I now want to convert them to something I can read in and edit. My question is should I get any cheap, used Hi8 camera, should I get a "decent", used Hi8 or should I look for a Sharp Viewcam? Any recommendations as to what to get ?
I understand that no matter what I get, I may have issues if the heads on the "new" camera are not tracking the same as the heads on my old Sharp. I just want to try to get these tapes converted to avi or some other format that I can then edit.
TIA
Bill W
I understand that no matter what I get, I may have issues if the heads on the "new" camera are not tracking the same as the heads on my old Sharp. I just want to try to get these tapes converted to avi or some other format that I can then edit.
TIA
Bill W