The ES8200V is a late Hi8 camera. Canon put it on sale in April 2001, when DV was taking over, and built it especially for markets outside Japan: ES8200V in the Americas, 50Hi in Europe and Asia. Canon gave it a newly designed compact 22x zoom and a single-chip processor, plus a 2.5-inch color flip-out screen, an electronic stabilizer and a built-in 3-watt halogen light. Sound is mono. ES was Canon's name for its 8mm cameras in the Americas from 1994, and this one was followed by the ES8400V and the ES8600 of 2003, the last of the line. If you want a newer-built camera to play a box of Hi8 and Video8 tapes, that late date is the point.
Tape check
Should come with it
Check the listing photos against this list, and ask the seller about anything you can’t see. A missing piece should come off the price.
We couldn't find a fault list or a manual for this model, so treat it like any Hi8 camera. A camera that powers on hasn't proved its tape transport or heads work.
New to old camcorders? How to check a used camcorder covers the tape transport, heads, screens and power, and getting footage off a camcorder explains FireWire and analog capture.
Buying guide
We'd buy the ES8200V titled tested at $81 delivered, the only one here with a test claim, and plan on a battery and a charger or AC adapter, since its photo shows the camera alone. There are only five listings, and two are identical $165 copies from a seller whose name isn't shown, so the $80 to $170 band isn't a market read. Ask any seller for a short video of a Hi8 or Video8 tape playing back, since powering on proves nothing about the heads or transport, and ask for the battery's model number, because we couldn't confirm which pack it takes. There's no FireWire, so plan to capture from the S-Video output in real time.
$80.99est. delivered
The only ES8200V here titled tested, at $81 delivered, but the photo shows the camera alone with its strap and lens cap. Ask what battery and power supply come with it, and for a clip of a tape playing back.
Vintage Canon ES8200V Hi8 8mm Analog Video Camcorder Silver 22x Zoom Tested
$33.59est. delivered
No test claim, but it's titled with a charger and asks $34 delivered, less than half of anything else here. It's a gamble worth taking only if you can live with a camera that doesn't play.
Canon ES8200V. With charger
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Snapshot
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Used$80.99est. delivered
$74.00 + $6.99 shipping
Buy It Now$74.00
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Good buy
Titled tested. Camera alone with strap and lens cap in the photo.
Seller: thepinkscorpion
99.5% positive
Used$33.59est. delivered
$20.00 + $13.59 shipping
Buy It Now$20.00
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Project piece
Titled with a charger. No test claim.
Seller: lessspra
99.3% positive
Used$90.00est. delivered
$80.00 + $10.00 shipping
Buy It Now$80.00
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Our take
Booklet and one new tape as titled, and a Canon battery in the photo. No test claim.
Seller: us-bargainshop
99.5% positive
Used$164.98est. delivered
$139.99 + $24.99 shipping
Buy It Now$139.99
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No seller name, and the same title is listed twice here. Battery, power adapter, remote and A/V cable in the photo.
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Used$164.98est. delivered
$139.99 + $24.99 shipping
Buy It Now$139.99
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No seller name, and the same title is listed twice here. Battery, power adapter, remote and bag in the photo.
Seller: Seller on eBay
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