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- From: zhangy@enel.ucalgary.ca (Yuejin Zhang)
- Subject: Re: Help on Hi8 camcorder purchase
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 01:53:39 GMT
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- In article <5405@calmasd.Prime.COM> jpb@calmasd.Prime.COM (Jan Bielawski) writes:
- >In article <144632@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> kai@concannon.llnl.gov (Kai Yung) writes:
- ><
- ><Hi, I am plannig to buy my first Hi8 camcorder and would like
- ><to hear your recommendations. I am considering the sony TR-101
- ><and TR-81, but Hitachi and Sharp models seem good also.
- ><
- ><I had my heart set on the TR-101 in the $1000 range but found
- ><out the mail order place can't ship that model.
- >
- > How about: Yashica KX-H3, Nikon VN-750 and Ricoh R-18H?
- >They are all TR-101 clones (they differ from the TR-101 mostly
- >by the manufacturer's label). Can *they* be shipped by mail?
- >Let us know what happened.
- >
- Any comments on Sony FX710? It is Hi8, has 10X zoom vs, TR-81's 8X. It
- is heavier and larger in size, but the price seems much lower than
- TR-81's.
-
- Also, anyone has experience with Sony FX410?
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- YZ
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