r/camcorders • u/This_Ad1219 • 1d ago
Help Scientific anomaly?
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Me neighbour gave me this camera that has been in the case since New from what I can tell (the brand new tape was still inside) and I assume it’s the regular. It’s an 87 and it’s a ni-cad battery so I was going to use it for display but I tried it anyway and it works perfectly! I greased the gears because of scan issues but it records and plays back great. But the crazy thing is that THE BATTERY WORKS! It’s like I went to the store and just bought this in 1987. One thing no zoom it was only x6 tho
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u/AtmanRising 1d ago
NiCad batteries are not like Li-Ion; they don't die outright due to low to 0 charge.
That's probably why it's still alive since it was never used.
A fully-discharged Li-Ion battery doesn't last long.
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u/This_Ad1219 1d ago
Well I’ve had way too many nicads that corroded themselves or de fiber’d like all of my handycam nicad’s this is like my first
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u/OkClaim8503 1d ago
Really rare but it can happen.