camcorder, fix or throw?

My 9 year old Panasonic camcorder started cutting out after about 5 seconds. Damn I thought means getting a new one. Well my train of thought was if it is going to be scrapped lets open it up anyway.
As I already have the magnatic tipped tools it makes the job easier



Looking up on how to on youtube one person had the same problem and it was down to the cooling fan in the camcorder not working causing the camcorder to cut out to stop overheating.

So tried to remove the side cover



but could only manage to open up a small gap on the joins to get to the fan, by using a rocket power seemed to do the trick.

Put it all back together and it now works ok

Re: camcorder, fix or throw?

Throw

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I thought you asked a question realspeed

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I did more or less did hypothetically speaking. It was a thought that went through my mind before I fixed it

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A nine year old camcorder with a fan. Bleeding obvious - in the bin it goes. What resolution does it have? - not 4K I bet. It is just about worth the time it takes to transport it to the garbage bin.

Your new compact camera will do a much better job, that camcorder is just cluttering your house.

Re: camcorder, fix or throw?

Pitch it short..make it a bouncer. Aim for the bin. Just don't rub it with sandpaper first...

Re: camcorder, fix or throw?

Bruce
Not much point in having 4k if you don't have a 4k TV or monitor. That compact of mine has 4K but for that reason I never use it.one thing though it can record to internal memory or SD card or both which is a nice feature.

Re: camcorder, fix or throw?

The point with 4k is that you can reduce the resolution, use a section of the screen (which remains HD) and/or get moderately decent stills from it.

Chuck it in the bin, it's rubbish.

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with the adapter it can record in 3D

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Let's face it 3D is a fad that has come and gone since the early days of cinema, it has never lasted and just reappears when all the previous attempts have been forgotten.

Throw it, that camcorder is just a waste of space in all dimensions.