at 45 minutes into a recording, the camcorder ate the tape. The unit was running on AC power, the tape was new. Placing another new tape into the camera results in an eject tape message and the tape leader is eaten by the camera.
The camera likewise ate a new cleaning cassette (dry type)
hi from what i understand by "eat" is that the coil is popped out what it means is that the coil leader is misplaced and letting it to run free out of place this can be fixed by you if you will find what had gone wrong in that path (broken pin, cog etc...) and glue it back or fix the missing element in place
My Canon MV550i jams when ever I try and rewind a casette. Otherwise the camera works fine. Any tips...
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My Canon MV550i jams when ever I try and rewind a casette. Otherwise the camera works fine. Any tips to fix this?
Will this show up on final projection? Or is it telling me I need to do something. I lost the...
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Will this show up on final projection? Or is it telling me I need to do something. I lost the instruction manual which came with the camera.
I have Canon optura Pi (I think since 2001).
Now periodically I have a problem - sometimes focus...
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I have Canon optura Pi (I think since 2001).
Now periodically I have a problem - sometimes focus goes down and picture become blur. Later on focus returns.
Hello. I got a message to eject my cassette, but couldn't. Canon said to send it to them but when...
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Hello. I got a message to eject my cassette, but couldn't. Canon said to send it to them but when they got it they said they no longer fix the Optura PI. Thank you, Morty Sklar
I have been using my Canon Optura Pi Camera for years with Fuji MiniDV tapes. However, all of...
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I have been using my Canon Optura Pi Camera for years with Fuji MiniDV tapes. However, all of the sudden, when the price dropped on the tapes and Fuji changed the packaging, the tapes started to jam in the camera. I cannot get the old onese and every new one I put in eventually jamps and crinkles part of the tape. There are many important memories in my tape library and I want to preserve them. How can I safely convert these to more permanent storage. I have a good computer. However, I have heard that once you convert to DVD, the compression loses fidelity and you cannot edit the videos anymore. What kind of camera can I buy that will playback my tapes in high fidelity and let me copy them to more tapes or a digital record that I can replay and edit freely in the future?