Ohh Noes!!! My camcorder's FUBAR and I have to have it for a class!!!

[Scarpozzi]

I have a video due in less than an hour for a class and I can't record the footage onto my camcorder from my computer. It says "DEW" on the screen. I guess moisture somehow got in it or the camcorder thinks so anyhow... I'm SCREWED!!! Ohh Noes!!!!

 

[HN]

blowdryer or borrow a camcorder

 

[blahter]

buy/borrow one and return it later

 

[Kelemvor]

Maybe next time you won't wait until the last miunte to do your homework...

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: blahter
buy/borrow one and return it later

I did that once......but I forgot about the restocking fee, so i decided to keep it.

 

[Nohr]

Try blow drying it.

 

[jamesave]

it's probably a mountain dew ads.

 

[kukyfrope]

Let the heads warm to room temperature before using them, takes about an hour or two. Failure to do so could cause permanent damage.

 

[akubi]

tumble dry on low

 

[clickynext]

Draw a picutre instead.

 

[Fraggable]

Would a camcorder really say 'dew' if it was wet?? My guess is it's D.E.W. that stands for something or it's an error code. How would it know it was wet?

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: Fraggable
Would a camcorder really say 'dew' if it was wet?? My guess is it's D.E.W. that stands for something or it's an error code. How would it know it was wet?

I don't know...It plainly states "dew"....then the power blinks off. I tried the blowdryer before I posted and was careful not to heat it up too much...still didn't help.

I actually had a finished copy of this on VHS for class, but the quality wasn't good so I was going to try to redo it so it looked better for the presentation. I ended up copying a version to CD after shrinking it from 5.8GB to 388 Megs of lower quality video.

 

[duragezic]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi

Originally posted by: Fraggable
Would a camcorder really say 'dew' if it was wet?? My guess is it's D.E.W. that stands for something or it's an error code. How would it know it was wet?

I don't know...It plainly states "dew"....then the power blinks off. I tried the blowdryer before I posted and was careful not to heat it up too much...still didn't help.

I actually had a finished copy of this on VHS for class, but the quality wasn't good so I was going to try to redo it so it looked better for the presentation. I ended up copying a version to CD after shrinking it from 5.8GB to 388 Megs of lower quality video.

On a regulat CRT TV from a viewing distance of 15+ ft away, people generally don't notice low resolution/low quality encodes.