8MM Tape question...

[TIbrO]

I am so happy today! The camera I bought on ebay is due to arrive today according to UPS tracking page. I also ordered some tapes for it, and I can get started on my stop motion film.

Anyway, I was wondering, before I start anything and waste time, what is the resolution of 8mm tapes? I know VHS has 240 lines, Super VHS has 400 lines, and DVD has 480 lines... DV has 500 lines, I think, and what does 8MM use? I am asking this because I want to keep the quality as high as possible throughout production. I am using analog capturing and all that good stuff, and premiere to edit and print. But before I capture something in the wrong res, what resolution does 8MM use? Thanks for any replies I get.

[VerbatimDVD]

DVD is 540. 8mm is about 300-387 i think

[DVD Master]

regular 8mm.......240 lines
Hi8...............400 lines
digital 8.........480 lines (same as Dv and DVD)

[TIbrO]

Shite! I thought 8MM was higher quality than VHS... Feh. So I guess I can capture shit in VCD 2.0 format, then. I was going to make it all nice-looking and hi res.

[VerbatimDVD]

DVD has 500-540 Lines of RESOLUTION and 480 scan lines.

[VerbatimDVD]

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On 2001-08-03 12:04:40, TIbrO wrote:
Shite! I thought 8MM was higher quality than VHS... Feh. So I guess I can capture shit in VCD 2.0 format, then. I was going to make it all nice-looking and hi res.

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BTW It is but im not sure by how much.