I have a bunch of old video footage of the boys from when they were both tiny babies. It's on 8mm video tape, recorded on my trusty Canon camcorder.I bought this camcorder about 4 years ago when it dawned on me that babies grow up fast and that it would be nice to have some key moments on video.
I didn't go in for that whole "bring the camcorder into the labour ward for a good close up of those early moments". It's just not the norm here.
Instead there's some brilliant little clips of our oldest son when he was doing all those firsts, first word-like sounds, first steps, first smiles and so forth. All great stuff.
Now I might have mentioned before but I'm one of those people who does thorough research before buying anything powered by electricity or petrol. So I did my homework and decided on this Canon camcorder, a G2000E.
I suppose the fact that I worked as a salesperson for almost 8 years while in school and college selling this kind of stuff was also in my favour when it came to picking something out.
Anyway, the camcorder was bought and before you could say "how do I turn it on" I was away and filming. All kinds of stuff. Smiles, crying, laughing, coughing. The whole kit and caboodle.
The problem is 4 years later I have hours of footage and now I want to have it on DVD or on my computer because that's the easiest way to view it.
And it's difficult to get the analog video onto digital. OK the principle is simple, but finding the right device to convert the old films is tedious. There are piles of devices out there that supposedly do a great job of converting but my personal experience is that 90% are lousy.
So, if I'm going to convert over those old films from the camcorder I want them to look great when they are burned onto DVD.
I think I'll be asking around in case anyone has a good recommendation for a good product for this purpose.
In the meantime I'm stuck with the analog tapes on my trusty old Canon camcorder. It still works like new.
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I can't help you on the video transfer, but the link you included about the open labor and delivery rooms seriously disturbed me! I'm not married nor pregnant, but perhaps I should start making a list of excuses as to why no one but my significant other can be in the delivery room with me (my mother already has an outfit planned for if/when I give birth and she's in the room with me - and was horribly offended when I suggested that perhaps I might not want her there...)! Ack!
yeah. It's kind of amazing. Some hospitals, specifically in the US have a strict policy on who can be in the room and what can be photographed and filmed. It's hard to believe they had to put a rule in place but people will always push the limits of "normal" behaviour right to the margin it seems.
I can honestly say my own experience was that getting the camcorder out was just about the last thing on my mind. I didn't have it with me and there's no way I would have even dared suggest it be switched on.
The whole moment could really be ruined by some idiot shouting at the midwife "hey, you're blocking the shot, move your ass!". I know what most midwives would do if they heard someone saying that:-)
How do I convert a file on iMovie? If I can't, what program can I use to convert the MTS to MacBook. (A free program will be helpful, a program without the logo appearing on the video.
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