Help! - is this camcorder any good???

21 Aug 2005 7:14 AM

dmcd

I have bought a Canon UC-X40 in a car boot sale, it uses Hi8 cassettes.
I have looked on the web for information but cannot find any reviews
etc. Before I spend any money on tapes etc, can anyone tell me if the
camcorder is any good?? can you edit the tapes on a computer and put it
on disk? thanks!!

21 Aug 2005 9:04 AM

Laurence Payne

On 21 Aug 2005 00:14:20 -0700, "dmcd" <dorothy.mcdow***@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>I have bought a Canon UC-X40 in a car boot sale, it uses Hi8 cassettes.
>I have looked on the web for information but cannot find any reviews
>etc. Before I spend any money on tapes etc, can anyone tell me if the
>camcorder is any good?? can you edit the tapes on a computer and put it
>on disk? thanks!!

It's fine, but it's obsolete. Which is why (I hope) you got it very
cheap :-)

Today's dv cameras interface directly to your computer through a
simple Firewire port. Unless the Canon came with everything required
to connect it to a pc, I wouldn't bother to kit up. If you want to
do video, a dv camera doesn't have to be expensive.