"Zentraleinheit" wrote in message
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I have a Canon USC1 Hi8 Camcorder that I have not used in a while.

When I went to use it I found that:

1: The image in the viewfinder looks like someone turn the contrast way
down
so only the brightest of images can be barely seen.

2: When a recording made from the camcorder is played back on my 8mm
desktop
player. It looks like it was done in infered.

The image is a dull noisey red with black areas denoting lights or
Windows.

However, when I use the camcorder to record using Line-in, or play back
pre
recorded tapes, everthing is OK

What happen?

Has the CCD gone bad?

Does not regular use of the camcorder somehow damaged it?

Any thoughts?



How old is it? If it's more than 4 or 5 years old I would suspect surface
mount capacitors are leaking.