[MacDV] Re: Digital8 to MiniDV conversion

[Mark O'Brien]

Yes, I left out the part about having to buy 35-40 MiniDV cassettes at
around $4-5 each. I'll contact you off-list for further details.

Thanks!
Mark

On 8/4/04 8:00 AM, "R B Williams" <brucewll at comcast.net> wrote:

> Mark,
> 
> We do the transfer for $8.50 per original hour of tape. Assuming your Dig8
> tapes are recorded SP then 35 tapes = 297.50 (plus shipping). If you make the
> copies yourself,  you'll still be buying blank dv tapes so the question is
> whether it's worth your time & hassle to find a deck or camera and make the
> dubs.
> 
> R.B.
> 
> Mark O'Brien wrote:
> 
>> With 35-40 hours of Digital8 footage, my Sony DCR-TRV110 Digital8 camcorder
>> has gone on the fritz. The repair shop is quoting me $330 for a new drum, due
>> to some kind of contamination they can't clean off.
>> 
>> Recognizing MiniDV will be around and supported longer than Digital8, I had
>> already upgraded to a newer Panasonic PVDV953 3CCD MiniDV camcorder. I had
>> considered dubbing my Digital8 tapes to MiniDV for archival purposes, using a
>> 4 pin-4 pin Firewire cable. Unfortunately, I hadn't gotten around to it
>> before the Sony went bad. :-(
>> 
>> So my choices are to:
>> 
>> A) Spend the $330 to repair my 1999 model Sony ($50 diagnostic fee already
>> paid would be applied to the repair)
>> 
>> B) Spend $380 for a new Sony DCR-TRV460 (Best Buy's online price)
>> 
>> C) Pay some third party to convert the 35-40 Digital8 cassettes for me and
>> trash the old Sony.
>> 
>> I've seen a lot of traffic on this list referring to converting old movies
>> (film) to MiniDV, but never Digital8 to MiniDV. Does anybody know of a
>> service that does this?
>> 
>> Mark
>>