How To Clean A Sony 8mm Camera Heads for A Top Loading Camera

In this video, Mark shows how to manually clean a top loading Sony camera to clear the top of debris. The Sony camera he is cleaning is model number: DCR-TRV140. This is a Sony Digital8 Handycam. Mark prefers to use a Sony camera that plays Hi8, Regular8 and Digital8.
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[@speakeasyarchives8764]

It's not just that the tapes are old. Those tapes were made without freon the main binder to make the tape.
This is a great video. Not to many tutorials on deep cleaning a camcorder.
Thanks

[@TheMediaNerdMT]

Thank you for the info and the thoughtful comment!

[@laredokarl]

Thanks for the tutorial and the links!

[@TheMediaNerdMT]

Happy to help! Thanks for watching!

[@antojz]

It worked! THANK YOU!

[@TheMediaNerdMT]

Glad it helped! You are welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@Moshe_Dayan44]

Thank you so much for this very informative video. I'm running into exactly the problems you outlined while trying to transfer old Hi8 tapes of my parents, and you've saved me hundreds of dollars and countless hours of wasted time. Now I know exactly what I need to do.

[@TheMediaNerdMT]

I am really glad that my video helped you! That's what it is all about! Thanks for watching!!!

[@bbandt512]

Great video!! I purchased the swabs, but neither Etsy nor Amazon have the Audio 456 THC-2 solution. Is there another solution I can use or is the answer rubbing alcohol?

[@TheMediaNerdMT]

Purchase 100 percent rubbing alcohol

[@bbandt512]

@@TheMediaNerdMT awesome, thank you!

[@simonbondar2151]

Is there an Alternative to the swabs because I don’t really feel like spending $30 on a pack for only one or two of them thanks

[@TheMediaNerdMT]

You could carefully try and use QTips. The fibers of the QTips could get caught on the head. So you have to be very cautious or you’ll ruin the head. If I were you, I’d just get the swabs.