Once again we’ve had a Sony camcorder mysteriously die on us. Our almost-new Sony DCR-TRV280 gave me a “reinsert cassette” error this morning all of a sudden and would not accept the tape no matter how many times I put it back in.
We purchased this camera about 3 years ago in an effort to have something that would play the dozens and dozens of Hi8 8mm videotapes we have in our collection. Like our last video camera this one has apparently suffered a failure of the tape transport system, essentially rendering the whole camera useless. The cost to replace the tape transport mechanism exceeds the value of the camera.
I’ve been jonesing for this Panasonic HVX 200 HD camcorder I’ve seen on Craigslist but I don’t have the bank to buy it now. That’s probably for the better because if I owned it I would be tempted to buy a beefy Mac and a few terabytes of storage to make beautiful videos with it.
Hmm. Maybe I could buy it and make it the centerpiece of a new business doing video production. Yeah, that’s it!