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Article #363Re: Any Sony CD Guru out there?
From: Tristan
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:41
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:41
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> About two years ago I listed on eBay a video unit that consisted of a top > quality (circa '82) Panasonic portable video camera, along with a two piece > portable video recorder. Picture quality is superb; low light sensitiviy > was as good as any Panasonic has ever made. Build quality was > excellent...this was top of the line gear that together retailed for close > to $2500 in 1980. It didn't have autofocus, but otherwise met and exceeded > in picture and sound quality any tape I have seen made in the last ten > years. I put it on eBay at $20, and with no reserve, in a ten-day auction. > I described it well (much more detailed than here). I felt sure some > aspiring film student or amateur videographer would grab it. I didn't get a > single bid. > > But I won't "throw it". I simply can't bring myself to destroy perfectly > good, superbly built gear. Couldn't agree more, Dad bought one in early-83 and it's stored away (with tuner). The picture quality from the tapes from that period is superb (much better than some 8mm analogue footage from the 90s). Unfortunately it has a few mechanical problems - nothing that couldn't be fixed I suppose.
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