I have a bunch of analog Video 8 (not Hi 8) tapes that I need to capture and then write to Mini DV tape for safekeeping, followed by editing and burning to DVD using VMS + DVD.
I can do this by hooking up my Video 8 camera (which only has composite video out) through my Sony DV-HC40 camcorder (using it as a digitizer), etc. But I was hoping to save some time and maybe achieve better quaility by having a local video guy do an initial tramsfer of the Video 8 tapes to mini DV tapes. He uses Panasonic decks (that have S-video for higher quality) for playing the Video 8 tapes and creating the mini DV tapes. Although this gets me part of the way there, I would still have to then capture from the mini DV tapes into VMS, and I would use my Sony DV-HC40 for that.
Does anyone know whether I can expect to run into trouble (or not) if I try to play and capture from mini DV tapes in my Sony camcorder where those mini DV tapes are originally created on a Panasonic deck?
I can do this by hooking up my Video 8 camera (which only has composite video out) through my Sony DV-HC40 camcorder (using it as a digitizer), etc. But I was hoping to save some time and maybe achieve better quaility by having a local video guy do an initial tramsfer of the Video 8 tapes to mini DV tapes. He uses Panasonic decks (that have S-video for higher quality) for playing the Video 8 tapes and creating the mini DV tapes. Although this gets me part of the way there, I would still have to then capture from the mini DV tapes into VMS, and I would use my Sony DV-HC40 for that.
Does anyone know whether I can expect to run into trouble (or not) if I try to play and capture from mini DV tapes in my Sony camcorder where those mini DV tapes are originally created on a Panasonic deck?