On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:18:12 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:20:08 -0800, JR North
wrote:

The Sony Digital8 tape models (DCR-TRV520, 530) are good. The earlier
Sony analog 8mm (CCD-TRXXX) pretty much ALL have bad cap issues now. Too
bad, their low-lux performance was excellent.
JR
Dweller in the cellar

THANK you for the heads up there!! Thats a life saver!

Gunner
The digital 8s have the cap problems too.
At least a lot of them did. Brother had one, friend had 2 - all
digital 8, and all with cap failures. One under warrantee.