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    Old Hi 8 Camera

    ok so i found this old Hi 8 camera in my attic, tried it out and it doesnt work. i found some tapes too it which are supposed to be old home made video far back when i wasnt even born. i tried playing the tapes and it showed nothing. i also tried recording but i could only see my monitor in my room everything else was grey. anyone have any idea how i could fix this old thing?

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    Might want to post here at this forum: http://www.old-computers.com/news/default.asp
    Good Luck

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    The camera is likely shot from sitting around to long but try cleaning the heads first. If the tapes are not mildewed they might play OK but you will still need another Hi8/minidv camera to transfer them to dvd or VHS. A VHSC adapter won't work with Hi8 tapes.

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    yea ok, so cleaning didnt help but i checked out http://www.apmstudio.com/ , send the tapes in and even though they converted the tapes from pal to an ntsc dvd the quality was still great. i really recommend this website to anyone!

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