I've been doing some looking and 8mm head cleaners are hard to find. It looks like Sony made/makes a decent one but no one seems to have them. Best Buy has a no name cleaner. Guess I'm going to have to try that unless you guys have some ideas.
Randy > > From: Glen Tubbesing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/10/22 Mon AM 10:34:55 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AP] Digitizing Older 8mm Tapes > > You'll definitely want to run the head cleaner and do a general interior > cleaning of the camera when you get it. And let us know when you're > ready to sell the TRV820. > > Thanks, > Glen in Vegas > > > Randy Brust wrote: > > > > Thought I'd give an update... > > > > After reviewing your replies to this thread and doing some extra > > research it basically came down to 2 ways to get my 8mm analog tapes > > digitized, using a Digital8 camcorder which can also play and > > digitize analog 8mm tapes, or use a high-end 8mm deck and feed the > > analog output into my MiniDV camcorder in pass through mode. > > > > For hardware the best choices rose to the top quickly. The ultimate > > Digital8 camcorder seems to be the TRV820, and the ultimate 8mm deck, > > the EV-S7000. They seem to a fairly comparable job, each having some > > pros and cons. I decided to try the TRV820 first and have just > > purchased one off of Ebay. I'm anxious to run some of my oldest > > tapes through it to and see how it works. If I'm not happy with the > > results, I may also purchase an EV-S7000 deck and try that. > > > > I'll report back in when I get the TRV820 and give it a try. The > > unit supposedly has been used very little. Do you guys think I > > should run a head cleaning tape through it first? > > > > BTW, once I get all my old tapes in the computer, I'll be looking to > > resell the equipment to someone else who needs to do the same thing. > > > > Thanks, > > Randy > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
