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Camcorder: Super 8, Digital 8... whats the difference?

  • I have a Super 8 camcorder (I know I know, it's old, I have a newer mini-DV that I normally use). My wife and my wedding was recorded by a friend and was given to us years ago-- on Digital 8 format. I didn't have anything to read it, until I found this old Super 8 camcorder. ****Playing the Digital 8 tape in my Super 8 camcorder produces a picture, but it's absolutely horrible quality. Do I need to get a Digital 8 camcorder to play these tapes correctly? Or is the tape itself messed up?

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    Basically... you will need a digital 8 camcorder to replay the digital 8 tape.... for best quality.. the digital 8 is a newer format. If you had a super 8 or hi 8 tape. These can be played on a digital 8 camcorder. It just will not be in digital format.... I might see if you can take your tape to a store that may have a digital 8 camcorder to try.... You may want to ask the store personal as a courtesy. They might get a sale out of it. So they may comply. This way you can test to see if the tape is damaged or not. This will save you from purchasing a unit and then finding out that the tape is bad. Or see if a friend has one to borrow. Good luck... you could also send it out to see if they can convert it over to a format you have or put on DVD....

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I think you might find what you need to know here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_mm_video_format

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First of all, I think you mean Hi8, because super 8 is a film format. Hi8 and Digital8 use the same tapes, but they just record different signals. In this case, see if you can have your friend transfer the footage to a computer, then burn it to a dvd as a data file (dont put the footage into a dvd program, just take the actual file and burn it to the disk). Then you can take the footage and work on it and do whatever. This way, you wont have to buy a new camera, not that you would probably buy one anyways, since its digital8. Hope this helps!

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