Is that this question has been answered. The bad news is you either get a camcorder that works with it or have the work done for you.
Maybe some will be offended by this answer so I'll apologize in advance.
Bob
I have some old DV tapes 2002/3 that I on a Cannon camcorder, my Panasonic camcorder doesn't recognise the format. Will the replay function allow the tape to upload using firewire to a PC/Mac and if not what are my other options?

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