[apples69]

I used to have a Canon E200 camcorder in the late 80's early 90's which was a 8mm, I no longer have the camcorder, but have the footage on the small camcorder tapes, what I would like is to put this footage onto dvd?

Since i no longer have the camcorder, only the tapes, how can i transfer the footage?

i heard of some VHS tape, that you place the 8mm tape into and it works on your video, so you can then record to dvd?

any help appreciated

[senu]

You would be better off getting a Hi 8 camcorder rather than an "8 mm to VHS" adaptor even if you could find one
( I thought that was only for VHS-C,( different tape) not 8mm TBH)

The other option is a Digital 8 camcorder which can play 8mm tapes
The Digital 8 has firewire output with which you can transfer the footage to a PC as digital.. then make a DVD
If you use an ordinary Hi 8 camcorder you will need an analogue to digital type box ( google "dazzle") THIS

You dont have to buy new ( Cash converters ect) or you may even be able to borrow an unused one off someone

With either you can record to DVD via a settop DVD player, avoiding the PC

[MarkE19]

Originally Posted by senu

You would be better off getting a Hi 8 camcorder rather than an "8 mm to VHS" adaptor even if you could find one
( I thought that was only for VHS-C,( different tape) not 8mm TBH)

It is only VHS-C tapes that can be played in a VHS VCR with the tape adapters. video8 & Hi8 use different recording formats to VHS, so would not be compatible with the VCR. A VHS-C tape is exactly the same as a standard VHS tape, just in a smaller case.

Mark.