archosman
Songs From The Crystal Cave
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No firewire, Hi8 format, could swear I remember some reliability issues as well.
It was a badazz camera when it came out, but since I'm in the biz I would steer way clear of it.
You're better off going with MiniDV than anything else. Those DVD camcorders are much more compressed than MiniDV. Hi8 is about as popular as a MiniDisc. They tried to extend the life of 8mm by making a Digital Hi8 format, but there was such a huge penetration of the MiniDV format (as well as DVCam) that it fell off the face of the earth with the exception of consumers not doing their homework.
Our Hi8 machine at work is unplugged since we needed the rack space for another BVW-75 BetaSP machine, so when I would get calls for dubs of the format depending on how I felt I would either unplug the BetaSP to do it or I would say we no longer had the ability to dub 8mm.
That's a pretty old camera. If it has any internal problems it will be next to impossible to repair. If you can even find anyone who can repair it the cost of it would easily run the same price as a cheap DV one.
Try and find a battery for it as well. Bet they're pricey...
Originally Posted by PYROphonez /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well, being that this is the Canon thread, I thought I might ask a question regarding an older camcorder, the L2. I've been looking around for a nice quality camcorder, and although it's getting old, the L2 caught my eye. Is this a good choice for someone just looking for a camera with good quality at a low price? |
No...
No firewire, Hi8 format, could swear I remember some reliability issues as well.
It was a badazz camera when it came out, but since I'm in the biz I would steer way clear of it.
You're better off going with MiniDV than anything else. Those DVD camcorders are much more compressed than MiniDV. Hi8 is about as popular as a MiniDisc. They tried to extend the life of 8mm by making a Digital Hi8 format, but there was such a huge penetration of the MiniDV format (as well as DVCam) that it fell off the face of the earth with the exception of consumers not doing their homework.
Our Hi8 machine at work is unplugged since we needed the rack space for another BVW-75 BetaSP machine, so when I would get calls for dubs of the format depending on how I felt I would either unplug the BetaSP to do it or I would say we no longer had the ability to dub 8mm.
That's a pretty old camera. If it has any internal problems it will be next to impossible to repair. If you can even find anyone who can repair it the cost of it would easily run the same price as a cheap DV one.
Try and find a battery for it as well. Bet they're pricey...