Hello, I have an old camcorder, Sony Video 8 model CCD-TR45E. Most of the time, I use it as a camera, not as a recorder. Sinse some time, I have a strange effect. When the button is shifted to 'player', the tape can be played and can be seen in the viewfinder, no problem. When the burron is switched to 'camera', the view finder lights up and is imidiatly black. Nothing seems to work in this position. In the beginning (when this problem showed up), I shifted the button many times and after some time, it worked normal. What also worked was playing a tape for some time, then switch to camera and the camera worked. Now these 'solutions' do no longer work, I opened the camera and cleaned the contacts of the switch, without result. All sugestions are welcome, it would be a pitty to throw away this camera just because of some small (but major) defect. Thanks in advance, Chris.
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18 years ago