[MacDV] Transfer 8mm tape to iMac

[Gerhard Kuhn]

On Sunday, June 22, 2003, at 06:34  PM, W. J. Morrow wrote:

>  have one 8mm tape that I want to import into my iMac for editing. I 
> don't
> want to buy a Sony converter or the like since I have only one tape to
> import. Does anyone know of any good service places that would do it 
> for me,
> that would not cost too much. I want to be able to edit it and then 
> write it
> to a DVD using my iMac DVD-R.
>
> Has anyone had any experience at doing this?
>
>
I have done this with old footage we had by borrowing a 8mm camcorder 
and then using my dv camera as a bridge, it works fine.  You can use 
the same procedure to import old VHS tapes the quality is not up to DV 
standards but it will be as good as the original.


Gerhard Kuhn
suspice at hay.net