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Re-using 8mm Tape (data) cartridge...

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by tchieng

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I have a whole bunch of unused Exabyte 8mm tape cartridges for data backup. I was wondering if these tapes can be used with a Sony Hi-8 digital camcorder? Has any done this yet? Or does anyone know if it will work? I know I can test it myself, but Iwant to hear from others if they have had success... Thanks.

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by true_texan

I've done this and it works. I also had an 8mm backup system on an UNIX box. As the tapes were phased out, I tried them in my 8mm video recorder. They worked fine in mine.

Hope this helps!

by tchieng

Thanks man! I got like 50+ 8mm tapes that I can re-used. The company no longer needs them. Whoohoo! They do work!

by jereg

Yes, you can. i have a Sony and I've done it. It mentions something about it in the documentation, telling you that if you use tapes that are not hi-8, you may see a difference in picture quality. For the most part you won't, but in playing around, filming under low light doesn't seem to work quite as well. For me, anyway.
Hope that helps.

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