i have a 3 year old sony 8mm . it has a function in the menu that you can turn off the beeps. if you like your camera save your money. if its only the beeps that are noisey what i do is set the camera to the mode that allows it to record the longest i thinks 2 hours. i just let it record the whole time im in the stand. this method doesnt work for an all day hunt but if you hunt the first 2 hours in the morning or the last couple hours of the day it works out good. if i see nothing i just rewind and re-use the tape.