The right camcorder to do the job

[rgscout]

I´m looking for the right model of camcorder to buy. In order to make a passthrough to convert my old PAL vhs tapes and to make a good footage too. Somebody knows what models suport this kind of conversion ? Can be Digital 8 or Mini DV. The TRV 350 for example does NTSC analog to digital conversion http://www.sonystyle.com/intershoproot/eCS/Store/en/documents/specifications/DCR-TRV350.pdf
and that´s the major problem;

Anyone knows any cam that do the job. ( if some works with pal/ntsc format ... will be perfect . )?

Thanks.

[rgscout]

I´m looking for the right model of camcorder to buy. In order to make a passthrough to convert my old PAL vhs tapes and to make a good footage too. Somebody knows what models suport this kind of conversion ? Can be Digital 8 or Mini DV. The TRV 350 for example does NTSC analog to digital conversion http://www.sonystyle.com/intershoproot/eCS/Store/en/documents/specifications/DCR-TRV350.pdf
and that´s the major problem;

Anyone knows any cam that do the job. ( if some works with pal/ntsc format ... will be perfect . )?

Thanks.

Can anybody from a "PAL land" tell which camcorder makes analog capture via passthrough without problems ( or with both kind of signals NTSC and PAL-M )? I need buy the camera and I need this information to buy the right one.

Thnaks a lot for the help

[Coopervid]

Hi,

you need a PAL camcorder. The NTSC versions will not do that. I'm German and live in the US. Here you can find PAL camcorders online. Go in yahoo.com and do a search with +camcorder +PAL.

I've purchased a Sony TRV-355E. This recorder can also put digitized video from the PC back on the Digital8 tape via DV in and also output it on the analog jacks to a TV.

[vinnyskinny]

The GL2 is a great camera to do this. In Europe it is the MX2. It's alot of $, but does a lot.

Just my 2 cents.

[Coopervid]

Oops,

just saw that the original request came from Brazil. Brazil uses the PAL-M system which is different from the European. The TRV-355E won't work for PAL-M. However, Sony sells a Brazilian TRV-340 that will do the job.

[rgscout]

Oops,

just saw that the original request came from Brazil. Brazil uses the PAL-M system which is different from the European. The TRV-355E won't work for PAL-M. However, Sony sells a Brazilian TRV-340 that will do the job.

TRV 340 ? Are you sure ? I don´t have any information on Sony´s brazilian site.
That´s the answer I was looking for.

Thanks.