If it is a Digital Camcorder you need the software to “Capture” the footage once you connected the camera to the Firewire port on your computer and the iLink port on the camcorder. If you do not have a Firewire port it needs to be added, or you can get a A/V (Audio Video) Capture box such as Dazzle Digital Video Creator Platinum from Pinnacle and connect your camcorder to it. If you do have a Firewire Port then you can install editing software such as Adobe Premiere Elements 4 to capture and edit the footage. If it is NOT a Digital camcorder and just a Video Tape type camcorder than the Pinnacle system would be best. Both systems are very easy to use and will give you great results.

There is no cassette converter. Hi8 is a special 8mm tape that runs at a special speed . VHS is 1/2 inch tape that runs at a different speed altogether. Plus the video heads on doth machines are not compatible. If you have the camera the video was shot on you can run the A/V (audio video) out to the VCR and make a copy. If you do not have access to the camera a Digital 8 camera will play back Hi8 tapes.

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Almost all Digital Cameras have Red Eye Reduction built into them today. Red eye is caused by the flash of the camera illuminating the inside of the eye and reflecting back into the camera. Some cameras will do what is called a curtain flash to cause the iris of the eye to close down just before the full flash fires for the actual photo. Some cameras also include a red eye reduction correction in the menu to fix red eye after the photo has been taken. They all seem to work basically well. Look for the one with the curtain system, that way if there is just a little red eye still, it is easier to remove with software.