sony 8mm camcorder, power on , can shoot 10-20 sec, then white screen, can't do any thing

[Richard Zhu]

the play back is, model is some thing like 25 or 27E 8mm analog, sounds the
imaging part not totally die, works only a few sec, next day, I power on,
can do the same few sec thing, if I power off, and power on again, it can't
shoot any thing, is this a circuit temperature problem ?

 

[Andre]

sounds like an electrolyte-cap problem. Does is smell fishy?

 

[Richard Zhu]

no any smell.

I tried to shake the camera, no image came back.

 

[Andre]

Anyway, I would look for the caps in the switched power supply. The CCD
part needs several different voltages, some negative ones. If one or
some miss, you get no picture...

no any smell.

I tried to shake the camera, no image came back.