I have been given a number of camcorder videos to do for my sister.

This is composed on VHS-C and 8 MM video cassettes.

The VHS-C video went fine; looks “not that good” like VHS-C does. No problem.

The 8 MM video is another story. Some of it almost looks like “night vision.” Completely washed of all color. The thing is, other clips on the same tape looks just fine. The poor quality video was not shot at night; it was seemingly shot in reasonable light. It looks like it *should* be OK, but it looks horrible. Next clip might be just fine, Then, back to almost night vision looking footage. It is *not* a capture issue. Also, it is not supposed to be “night vision” looking.

Could there be some camcorder setting that was set wrong? The shooters of the video know nothing whatsoever about video. They literally just point and shoot. I believe it was a “Sony 8 MM camcorder.” I (nor they) no nothing else about the camcorder.

I wondered if the video was maybe stored badly (in Florida), but the video is from 2002 and it not all that old.

Could this be a camera setting issue?

Switching to black and white would not be appropriate for this footage.

I know one thing, it made me feel really, really good about my 10 year old video looking so good.

Thanks for any input you may have!