I wish there was a "modern" remodeled VHS camera similar to the new polaroids that are out. I still want the grainy 90's aesthetic and cassette tapes but there are none.
In all fairness, modern cameras have lots of buttons too, they're just hidden behind sleek front ends on an option screen. But I love the "wow this is n expensive piece of kit" feeling you get with old VHS cameras, like you have to treat them with respect, unlike modern cameras where it's shoot and move on.
An advantage to those hefty shoulder cameras was that you looked very official. In early 80s, no one even knew what a video camera was or had even heard the word "video" before, so I could literally walk into any event or stadium for free and everyone assumed I was suppose to be there. Back then, people were MUCH less suspicious of a stranger with a camera, as they usually smiled, waved and asked "what channel is this gonna be on?" It feels SO much more pro and satisfying to hug a camera on your shoulder, instead of palming a toy in your outstretched arm like every tourist. The best feature is being able to manually zoom and focus by physically twisting the lens with your fingers, to personal effect. Sometimes you want to crash-zoom or rack focus on the fly, and that puts you in precise control instead of hoping a robot knows what you want to focus on. I could capture more spontaneous reactions by holding the camera at my hip, and looking down into the upturned viewfinder with the eye-cover open, so the camera was less obtrusive than at eye level, causing people to pay less or not attention to me, and assumed I was just adjusting something and not actually recording. I still have a couple of those, mid-80s cameras, and every model had at least one cool, weird feature/gimmick that no other camera had, in attempt to compete in a new market. My Olympus VX-S405-U has an odd "gain" button that sorta mimics the look of grainy 24fps film, that arty farts always thought was cool. Nothing else looks like it.
PS: Why do you throw them so respectless aroud??? There arent much of them anymore.Didnt find any onebay at this age.They were rather expensive. And so not sold so often in the beginning of this segment.I think they have real museum-quality.
i remember in the 90s when i was kid, my dad used to have one. i will put in on my shoulder and pretending that it was some kind of lazer bazooka that you shoot alien with. lol
if you wanna go the semi-pro way and spend some money, get one of those blackmagic analog to sdi converters and a blackmagic pci sdi capture card to edit the raw footage on your pc. If you wanna record off the vhs tape make sure to use a tbc (time base corrector) before going in the capture card.
One reason for so many buttons and cables...is that these were made to also be a standalone VCR in case you didn't have one. (& its better to have the buttons than not have them. The cables are to hook it up to a TV or another VCR. You don t carry them around while you are shooting. Back when we only had one VCR in the house...I used to hook the camcorder up to the VCR to copy tapes. I know you probably know that, but other people here might not.
haha! I just recently learned that mines is a Sears, not Hitachi. I had fixed my cameras. They all work now. Just my CPR-250 is not 100% works. But almost works now!
Wow I'm may be 3 years late but it's fancy meeting you here Gilbert. Just wanted to say how much I love your video, when I watch them its as if I was there to experience those memories. Except for me they are memories I never had to due to me being born in the late 90's but glad there people like you to take the time and share your precious moment in the 80's with the world. Stay Rad my dude.
haha. If your time machine broke down at 1986 with no way to go back to 2015. You wont be laughing anymore. You will need to save for a year for that one you have. LOL funny
This episode is so different from the rest of the series in a really great way! You should make more of the videos in a comedic style like this. At least, that's one man's opinion
Lucky find.. is it working fully? I have got so many cameras off ebay the last 2 years it's now really a massive collection... and I love it! Post videos on random ones being used most weeks.
What are you talking about??? The video quality on your '85 camcorder looks great!! I can't wait to make my own home movies on my RCA DSP3 once it comes in the mail! Livin' back in time is so much fun!!! :D
I own a Hitachi VM 1800A from 1995 (older then me) and sadly I think it’s tape mechanism is also dying (not the best way to fix things but I did notice that if I gave it a good smack it’d start taping again. I find that odd. It will also produce a usable picture when I hook it to my TV! It hurts the shoulder to use it for an extended period of time though.
That shoulder foldout is for support when your recording. You put it on your shoulder. Back when things were much difficult to produce and use and nowadays technology is made to be easy for everyone.
Daniel Lachman Check out a really old TV and you's see "antenna" on the back. That one looks like it might be an adapter for a tv not ready for cable. I had one for my very first TV.
Wow I thought that was put in there for comedic effect. I actually new that from school weirdly enough, because I'm born in 92. But I chose film and acting as an extra course in high school. Mind you, I'm from Sweden.
Awesome! I've been experimenting with even older cameras the ones that use vidicon tubes. (Sony HVC 4000p and Hitachi VKC600) Image lag, comet trails and trippy colors love it! I'm using a Sony VRD-MC5 DVD recorder running off 12v batteries to takes videos out in the field. Though I did use a laptop with an easycap at first!
Yes! I try to get those tube cameras every time I see them at flea markets and thrifts. I have a glorious boxy RCA Newvicon from '82 and a Quasar from '80. The Quasar tube is near dead, but it makes some beautiful dreamy footage.
Just got a magnavox movie maker at a thrift store for $10. Works perfectly. Even built in mic is perfect. Just need to order a battery. Still fun to mess around with when plugged into ac.
The pictures coming from the Panasonic look really cool! Instead of having a CCD image sensor, it has a newvicon tube. So you would get what is known as the comet effect when passing by a bright light source. To me, that just adds to the whole 80's look and feel.
To be honest,I really feel that old video footage looks way less grainy than same resolution videos of today.for example if u shoot a video with 144p resolution today ,its so noisy than the same resolution video shot with those old cams,I don't know why but I feel it that way!nice video anyway!
Yeah its just a very different look. I think what you are getting at is also the artifacts that accompany some of the video compression as well - in a lot of these cameras there isn't really compression - its a raw analogue signal - maybe a kin to a record player.
I have that same white Panasonic one. The actual camera in it is messed up, leaving 30% of the screen blank. 8 minutes in of playing a tape it jams up, but fixes itself. Luckily I have a clone of this camera, in red made by JCPenny. That one works perfectly.
I have one of these in the 80's it was over $1.000 and had an extra lens with it I also bough one from a guy that used to work with me in 2000 something.The one I bought in the 80's needs a new battery it will not charge.
www.battery2batteries.com/panasonic-pv-bp88-battery-for-video-camera-camcorder/?gclid=CjwKEAiAwfzDBRCRmJe7z_7h8yQSJAC4corOwSll6MDSpB5uiqGxJ78t27lbxKv8g6T4u2Qhf_XMrxoCKH7w_wcB Here is where I got my batteries from. In my case, some of my VHS cameras didn't work with batteries straight into the camera, in that case I needed to use the charger and figure out a way to do it mobile. So I bought a bescor battery www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=113648&gclid=CjwKEAiAwfzDBRCRmJe7z_7h8yQSJAC4corOVKQO6re25NnTE6o2sv5a9inMwhdNLvt-3pjOrMNt2BoC7TTw_wcB&is=REG&ap=y&m=Y&c3api=1876%2C89827194362%2C&Q=&A=details and hooked up the charger to that (much like you would with cigarette power adapter thing in a car)
Thanks they have been in a closet for years but I got several videos I made in the 80's and a few in the 90's I hope my mom still has the one from the 80's I gave her.My dad used to have a Bell and Howell and it was a reel to reel camera.
I should get one of these and shoot with it just for shits... You could win at cinematography because people will wonder how the hell you replicated vhs!
Yup that is the beauty.. and also the con about the 80's and 90's, everything had buttons... I should know I lived through the late 80's. Yet again... Now at days kid's don't know the struggle.... the grainy and blurry ass visuals on VHS.
The buttons actually do things. Versatility. Flexibility. Functionality. It's almost as if Dan has never worked in video production where cameras have these controls that make them useful.
Bought a Sharp VHS-C camera today, but the eject button doesn't work... I can't load any tape in it... Is there a solution? Or am i doing something wrong?
I would google that specific model or non-ejecting bays for vhs. There's no guarantees with old cameras. Though the panasonic brand camera do tend to hold up the best.
True words my friend. Seems like we are now in the era of recording and loosing that footage like in a year and no physical content is saved. Cool cameras btw, I got 2 cameras that was on my grandfather's basement for years along with VHS and vhsc tapes that I'm now digtalizing for the family. The Panasonic (vhsC) is the only one working because the sharp (VHS) seems like it won't charge anymore.
The prize of my collection is my JVC GR-C1 all original with all manuals carry case and extra chargers. They still make battery for it too lol so I can use it.
The Panasonic looks like the NTSC version of the NV-M3. I have a couple of these but it has problems with the colour, anything blue comes out purple. I think the tube must be worn out. I like those old tube cameras with the trails left by bright lights, looks like TV from the 70s/80s. You see it on a lot of old concert videos where a stage light will go across the shot and the line it leaves is still there after cutting away and cutting back a couple of seconds later.
nowt100 U2 didn't put "Under a Blood Red Sky" out on DVD for years, allegedly because of those streaks. When they finally released it I went to Amazon and sure enough, a bunch of kids complaining about the streaks! "Was that supposed to be an effect? Annoying!"
That Sharp one that you think is from the 90s... its not. It is a repackage of the RCA CPR-250. Which came out in 1987. It was a damn good camera though, because every company from Sharp to Sears wanted to put their name on it.
you got it all wrong. you forgot the 60s HUGE cameras. also what about those were you have to manually keep rolling?. black and white? separated audio and video? now those are the true old ones. i am amazed by the quality of these cameras. hell i don't even mind using them. they were the best for their time. they are also better than those early digital one from the late 90s/early 2000s. or worse. early mobile phone videos. that are nothing more than a pixelated mess. so these not only were the best for their time but also even after their time for a while. this video does't do them justice. nor it is informative. i would like to see a review from professional with deep explanation of all their functions.. rather than an amateur mock review
I still have my Technics, its smaller than the Sony there but takes good pix has a digital camera on it, with good tapes its not bad, got me started on making movies and acting.
I wish there was a "modern" remodeled VHS camera similar to the new polaroids that are out. I still want the grainy 90's aesthetic and cassette tapes but there are none.
Golden Boy you can buy these things on ebay or amazon
@@unknownsoul4195 Funny, back in the day we were obsessed with getting the cleanest signal. Now we have filters to dirty up your video.
@@michaelweigel8253 the inbetweeen is nice
@@michaelweigel8253 high quality distortion
if I got one ,how would I transfer the videos to a computer
I really want to make a music video with one of these monsters.
Kentiapalme look at jojis yeah right music video I think it was filmed by one of these.
cuc o his was probably filmed on a smaller vhs c or hi8 camcorder, the rapper bones also does a lot of his videos with old vhs camcorders.
same too
Listen to BONES - sixteen he shoots his vids with vhs cams
i want to make a movie with one.
In all fairness, modern cameras have lots of buttons too, they're just hidden behind sleek front ends on an option screen.
But I love the "wow this is n expensive piece of kit" feeling you get with old VHS cameras, like you have to treat them with respect, unlike modern cameras where it's shoot and move on.
***** Agreed
How do you turn it into digital?
Hello, you!
The camera transforms modern life into 80s/90s life lol
I think you know what he means you hambone
Oh. no worries. I did take the time to correctly put away my $8,000 camera back then. Man, how you handle your equipment..
An advantage to those hefty shoulder cameras was that you looked very official. In early 80s, no one even knew what a video camera was or had even heard the word "video" before, so I could literally walk into any event or stadium for free and everyone assumed I was suppose to be there. Back then, people were MUCH less suspicious of a stranger with a camera, as they usually smiled, waved and asked "what channel is this gonna be on?" It feels SO much more pro and satisfying to hug a camera on your shoulder, instead of palming a toy in your outstretched arm like every tourist.
The best feature is being able to manually zoom and focus by physically twisting the lens with your fingers, to personal effect. Sometimes you want to crash-zoom or rack focus on the fly, and that puts you in precise control instead of hoping a robot knows what you want to focus on.
I could capture more spontaneous reactions by holding the camera at my hip, and looking down into the upturned viewfinder with the eye-cover open, so the camera was less obtrusive than at eye level, causing people to pay less or not attention to me, and assumed I was just adjusting something and not actually recording.
I still have a couple of those, mid-80s cameras, and every model had at least one cool, weird feature/gimmick that no other camera had, in attempt to compete in a new market. My Olympus VX-S405-U has an odd "gain" button that sorta mimics the look of grainy 24fps film, that arty farts always thought was cool. Nothing else looks like it.
0:22 "Here ya go little guy!"
(Throws tape at camcorder)
Got me dead
PS: Why do you throw them so respectless aroud??? There arent much of them anymore.Didnt find any onebay at this age.They were rather expensive. And so not sold so often in the beginning of this segment.I think they have real museum-quality.
Wrong they are on sale for cheap
@@markusbonnet439 Panasonic one is quite rare camera, it uses vacuum tube video sensor instead of CCD
The 1985 Panasonic Camcorder audio sounds perfect 👌🏻👍🏻
Panasonic was king back then.
i remember in the 90s when i was kid, my dad used to have one. i will put in on my shoulder and pretending that it was some kind of lazer bazooka that you shoot alien with. lol
The Angry Retro Camera Nerd?
Millenium Was thinking the same thing hahaha
The bit with the pistachios had me nearly in tears laughing. Good job, mate.
How did you get this onto your computer to edit it? I'm thinking of doing a film on VHS but wanted to know how you edited the footage?
Scott Goldberg Probably the Canopus ADVC 110. You'll need Firewire.
VCR with composite to hdmi Then use an elgato
same way people do VHS rip. Google it or search on youtube.
if you wanna go the semi-pro way and spend some money, get one of those blackmagic analog to sdi converters and a blackmagic pci sdi capture card to edit the raw footage on your pc. If you wanna record off the vhs tape make sure to use a tbc (time base corrector) before going in the capture card.
@@maxmustardman298 is there any CZcams videos explaining this more in depth?
One reason for so many buttons and cables...is that these were made to also be a standalone VCR in case you didn't have one. (& its better to have the buttons than not have them. The cables are to hook it up to a TV or another VCR. You don t carry them around while you are shooting. Back when we only had one VCR in the house...I used to hook the camcorder up to the VCR to copy tapes. I know you probably know that, but other people here might not.
I'm 35 and you make me feel old as shit. BUTTONS AND CASES ARE GREAT! It really did get that vaporwave aesthetic the kids are into these days.
More buttons than the cockpit of a nasa space shuttle hahahaha. This is the funniest review ever but also very informative.
That Sharp looks a lot like my RCA camcorder from 1986. Which...was also sold by Sears, and Hitachi, and possibly also Sharp for all I know.
Yes, I have a Hitachi version of that exact camcorder
(It’s broken, and I tried to fix it and all it did was piss me off)
Love your video. Am going to share with students in a class I teach. Thanks!
I’m watching this in 2023 and this dude was so ahead of his time.
Such a great video, thanks for making this! :)
Thank you!! glad you liked it!
This video might be 9 years old, but it's pure fucking gold.
Attack of the Killer Bröchens had me at the edge of my seat.
I have that same Hitachi VHS. Also the RCA CPR250 which is the same, but different names. Too bad it's not working.
haha! I just recently learned that mines is a Sears, not Hitachi. I had fixed my cameras. They all work now. Just my CPR-250 is not 100% works. But almost works now!
Wow I'm may be 3 years late but it's fancy meeting you here Gilbert. Just wanted to say how much I love your video, when I watch them its as if I was there to experience those memories. Except for me they are memories I never had to due to me being born in the late 90's but glad there people like you to take the time and share your precious moment in the 80's with the world. Stay Rad my dude.
Fatally Kinky Agreed!!
haha. If your time machine broke down at 1986 with no way to go back to 2015. You wont be laughing anymore. You will need to save for a year for that one you have. LOL funny
3:33 awesome shot, like a decent smartphome of the 2010s
This episode is so different from the rest of the series in a really great way! You should make more of the videos in a comedic style like this. At least, that's one man's opinion
I got a scholarship to film school...but it was a wrestling schlarship and I majored in film at a university.
Wow they had some awesome looking cars in 1985 lol.
I found a Panasonic Omnimovie at my local thrift store today and gave it a loving home. Now all I need are some actors and a script...
Lucky find.. is it working fully? I have got so many cameras off ebay the last 2 years it's now really a massive collection... and I love it! Post videos on random ones being used most weeks.
Gotta love that old home movie look vhs gives, i'm considering picking up one or two of them now with the price they're at
What are you talking about??? The video quality on your '85 camcorder looks great!! I can't wait to make my own home movies on my RCA DSP3 once it comes in the mail! Livin' back in time is so much fun!!! :D
the vintage video is perfect for like a break dancing or mob film
YT:Ok let's recommed it during this time of pandemic
I own a Hitachi VM 1800A from 1995 (older then me) and sadly I think it’s tape mechanism is also dying (not the best way to fix things but I did notice that if I gave it a good smack it’d start taping again. I find that odd. It will also produce a usable picture when I hook it to my TV! It hurts the shoulder to use it for an extended period of time though.
This is really awesome! The 4:3 aspect ratio really takes me back. Thanks for sharing your story.
My mom.bought me a camcorder and a garage in 1999 2000. It was great I watched whatever I filmed back then in vhs. It was great
Can you share more info on your setup using the battery in the backpack and video converter to your laptop
Yeah, I think the images are really unique that VHS makes. In a way its pretty.
That shoulder foldout is for support when your recording. You put it on your shoulder. Back when things were much difficult to produce and use and nowadays technology is made to be easy for everyone.
Should I get a vhs camera. Thats what I'v been thinking the last few days.
yes you should. Get a panasonic, they are more likely to be working. A lot can go wrong with them over 20 years.
Killer vid. Thanks for the info and laugh. Nostalgia is a very powerful emotion. I'm sure talented folks will keep using this technology for ages.
2:32 I love This qualityyyyyyyy 😍😍😍
i'm like 1 minute and 13 seconds into my first video of you and i'm sold.
1:50 That is used to hook to a TV back in the days before cable.
mystery solved!! Thanks Eric!
Daniel Lachman Check out a really old TV and you's see "antenna" on the back. That one looks like it might be an adapter for a tv not ready for cable. I had one for my very first TV.
Wow I thought that was put in there for comedic effect. I actually new that from school weirdly enough, because I'm born in 92. But I chose film and acting as an extra course in high school. Mind you, I'm from Sweden.
I feel bad for the guy holding that GIANT camcorder
lollolol yr adorbs! this is exactly what i was looking for thx for posting!
Awesome! I've been experimenting with even older cameras the ones that use vidicon tubes. (Sony HVC 4000p and Hitachi VKC600) Image lag, comet trails and trippy colors love it! I'm using a Sony VRD-MC5 DVD recorder running off 12v batteries to takes videos out in the field. Though I did use a laptop with an easycap at first!
Yes! I try to get those tube cameras every time I see them at flea markets and thrifts. I have a glorious boxy RCA Newvicon from '82 and a Quasar from '80. The Quasar tube is near dead, but it makes some beautiful dreamy footage.
lmaooooooooooooo i lost my shit on the buttons part
3:18 and BOOM you automatically look like you were in the 80s. It looks so real!
They are actually great for music videos.
Just got a magnavox movie maker at a thrift store for $10. Works perfectly. Even built in mic is perfect. Just need to order a battery. Still fun to mess around with when plugged into ac.
do not worry about the camcorder release!
The pictures coming from the Panasonic look really cool! Instead of having a CCD image sensor, it has a newvicon tube. So you would get what is known as the comet effect when passing by a bright light source. To me, that just adds to the whole 80's look and feel.
To be honest,I really feel that old video footage looks way less grainy than same resolution videos of today.for example if u shoot a video with 144p resolution today ,its so noisy than the same resolution video shot with those old cams,I don't know why but I feel it that way!nice video anyway!
Yeah its just a very different look. I think what you are getting at is also the artifacts that accompany some of the video compression as well - in a lot of these cameras there isn't really compression - its a raw analogue signal - maybe a kin to a record player.
Nice! I bought a "Blaupunkt CR-1000"(1985)some months ago on a fleamarket.Works perfect
The begining looks a lot like an old avgn review. Specially those about the 32x and the Sega cd (that's a compliment)
aw thanks! AVGN was the whole reason I attempted to make a video in this style. Hence all the over cursing, it works with AVGN and not so much here.
Awesome... love the vids!
that was fun to watch, i am glad you we kind to them at then end
I have that same white Panasonic one. The actual camera in it is messed up, leaving 30% of the screen blank. 8 minutes in of playing a tape it jams up, but fixes itself. Luckily I have a clone of this camera, in red made by JCPenny. That one works perfectly.
I have one of these in the 80's it was over $1.000 and had an extra lens with it I also bough one from a guy that used to work with me in 2000 something.The one I bought in the 80's needs a new battery it will not charge.
www.battery2batteries.com/panasonic-pv-bp88-battery-for-video-camera-camcorder/?gclid=CjwKEAiAwfzDBRCRmJe7z_7h8yQSJAC4corOwSll6MDSpB5uiqGxJ78t27lbxKv8g6T4u2Qhf_XMrxoCKH7w_wcB Here is where I got my batteries from. In my case, some of my VHS cameras didn't work with batteries straight into the camera, in that case I needed to use the charger and figure out a way to do it mobile. So I bought a bescor battery www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=113648&gclid=CjwKEAiAwfzDBRCRmJe7z_7h8yQSJAC4corOVKQO6re25NnTE6o2sv5a9inMwhdNLvt-3pjOrMNt2BoC7TTw_wcB&is=REG&ap=y&m=Y&c3api=1876%2C89827194362%2C&Q=&A=details and hooked up the charger to that (much like you would with cigarette power adapter thing in a car)
Thanks they have been in a closet for years but I got several videos I made in the 80's and a few in the 90's I hope my mom still has the one from the 80's I gave her.My dad used to have a Bell and Howell and it was a reel to reel camera.
this is the best video I've seen so far from this guy
I should get one of these and shoot with it just for shits... You could win at cinematography because people will wonder how the hell you replicated vhs!
If you have one of these cameras in 2019, youre basically aesthetic
hahahahaha bro that intro killed me
Yup that is the beauty.. and also the con about the 80's and 90's, everything had buttons... I should know I lived through the late 80's. Yet again... Now at days kid's don't know the struggle.... the grainy and blurry ass visuals on VHS.
The buttons actually do things. Versatility. Flexibility. Functionality. It's almost as if Dan has never worked in video production where cameras have these controls that make them useful.
Bought a Sharp VHS-C camera today, but the eject button doesn't work... I can't load any tape in it... Is there a solution? Or am i doing something wrong?
I would google that specific model or non-ejecting bays for vhs. There's no guarantees with old cameras. Though the panasonic brand camera do tend to hold up the best.
I hope you held onto that Panasonic PV-2000. Those early Newvicon-sensor cameras were heavy-duty, high quality.
Those Sony DSL 500 are pro cameras. Very funny video.
love the vintage look they give. its why im plannign to get a vhs camera soon
really wish they made cameras that big these days lol
True words my friend. Seems like we are now in the era of recording and loosing that footage like in a year and no physical content is saved. Cool cameras btw, I got 2 cameras that was on my grandfather's basement for years along with VHS and vhsc tapes that I'm now digtalizing for the family. The Panasonic (vhsC) is the only one working because the sharp (VHS) seems like it won't charge anymore.
The prize of my collection is my JVC GR-C1 all original with all manuals carry case and extra chargers. They still make battery for it too lol so I can use it.
This made me laugh my ass off. Thanks
love your videos bro! really funny style and great info. keep up the good work :)
+TechNotchFX
if you like his videos, your a fucking idiot to
+South West Florida Aerial sweet man! BTW, it's too not to.
AMAZING video. I can't thank you enough for this
what do you do for external power supply? I hate having to plug it in to the wall.
my philosophy is, if you want to win the lottery, you have to make the money to buy a ticket.
The Panasonic looks like the NTSC version of the NV-M3. I have a couple of these but it has problems with the colour, anything blue comes out purple. I think the tube must be worn out. I like those old tube cameras with the trails left by bright lights, looks like TV from the 70s/80s. You see it on a lot of old concert videos where a stage light will go across the shot and the line it leaves is still there after cutting away and cutting back a couple of seconds later.
nowt100 U2 didn't put "Under a Blood Red Sky" out on DVD for years, allegedly because of those streaks. When they finally released it I went to Amazon and sure enough, a bunch of kids complaining about the streaks! "Was that supposed to be an effect? Annoying!"
how does this man only have 10k subs
dayum this youtuber is underrated. subscribed.
Wow, this was pretty fun. Great video (even though it's a tad old?). Now, I'll explore your recent videos. Cheers!
That Sharp one that you think is from the 90s...
its not. It is a repackage of the RCA CPR-250. Which came out in 1987. It was a damn good camera though, because every company from Sharp to Sears wanted to put their name on it.
you got it all wrong. you forgot the 60s HUGE cameras. also what about those were you have to manually keep rolling?. black and white? separated audio and video? now those are the true old ones.
i am amazed by the quality of these cameras. hell i don't even mind using them. they were the best for their time. they are also better than those early digital one from the late 90s/early 2000s. or worse. early mobile phone videos. that are nothing more than a pixelated mess. so these not only were the best for their time but also even after their time for a while. this video does't do them justice. nor it is informative. i would like to see a review from professional with deep explanation of all their functions.. rather than an amateur mock review
its mad how even tho its modern backset, it looks still like 1990s
I bought one and I open the case take out the camera and the hand strap and the foam on the mic turned to dust it looked like
00:42 Jesus fuck I jumped out of the chair! This camera is fuckin' badass!
I literally subscribed just because how fuckin funny this video was! awesome man!
This is gold
I fucking love your humor :D
I still have my Technics, its smaller than the Sony there but takes good pix has a digital camera on it, with good tapes its not bad, got me started on making movies and acting.
That's some sharp quality
Your zoom in shots are like Kubrick
I have a jvc vhs-c camcorder from 2003 and I love it I still use it to but I want a full size vhs camcoder that’s would be awesome
Please keep making videos like this lol
The avgn of camera reviews
Excellent - I love this. Hilarious!!
Ha, ha, ha. Great video! I LMAO. I starting shooting video in that era. So true.
pretty rad...keep it unique, and we shall watch.
You had me in two seconds.