Great combination of history, personal experience, and demos. I have to say, every time you pressed the play or record buttons I cringed with fear your tape would be eaten or the door jams. I too never saw this machine in the wild.
Thank you so much. Making this video was on my to do list for a while. I got super lucky and found a working one out of three tries. The so-called "good" one is the one that actually ate my tape at the end. 😄 And the heads clogged again in a short time. They are not very robust machines after 40 years especially with equally old tapes. Thanks for watching.
Great video! @ 26:23 I bought myself that Kodavision MVS camcorder in April of '87 on sale for $1,200 and later added the cradel. The camera was on sale because, when the Charged Coupled Device (CCD) was introduced, these cameras, with their power guzzeling pick-up tube, went obsolete. Over the next 15 years or so, I filmed hundreds of cassettes until my Kodak finally gave out. I like the softer picture this camera produced, and the sound quality was remarkable. I'm glad I kept the original master 8mm tapes instead of copying onto VHS and reusing them. I've found the picture/sound quality on the 8mm tapes have held up far better than my old VHS tapes and my old Beta for that matter. Here's a trip to Niagara Falls I shot with my Kodak camcorder in 1987 where the opening shot is another Kodavision camcorder... czcams.com/video/_-3oSLz5hXA/video.htmlsi=hasi4DyzE9DsVndT
Thank you so much for sharing. I was born and raised in Rochester and went to school in Buffalo. I have been to Niagara Falls more times than I can remember. Never once with a Kodavision though. :) In 1987 I was still using that RCA Selectavision portable VCR and a separate camera connected with a cable that I showed. Not too long afterward I got a Full-sized VHS Camcorder but never owned a Video 8 back in the day, I went straight to Hi-8. I should have mentioned the picture tube. It's kind a funny it takes a minute to warm up. Since my batteries are long dead I don't have a clue how long they lasted back in the day. Those are precious memories of yours. I hope you have digitized those 8mm before it's too late. My 8mm cameras all seems to be failing at an alarming rate. Thanks for watching.
Great combination of history, personal experience, and demos. I have to say, every time you pressed the play or record buttons I cringed with fear your tape would be eaten or the door jams. I too never saw this machine in the wild.
Thank you so much. Making this video was on my to do list for a while. I got super lucky and found a working one out of three tries. The so-called "good" one is the one that actually ate my tape at the end. 😄
And the heads clogged again in a short time. They are not very robust machines after 40 years especially with equally old tapes.
Thanks for watching.
I love those old camcorders. I guess it isn't a porta-pack solutions. :) More like a cradle.
I'm fascinated with the KODAVISION and the POLAROID POLAVISION cameras. GREAT JOB! - J.D. Watkins
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Great video! @ 26:23 I bought myself that Kodavision MVS camcorder in April of '87 on sale for $1,200 and later added the cradel. The camera was on sale because, when the Charged Coupled Device (CCD) was introduced, these cameras, with their power guzzeling pick-up tube, went obsolete.
Over the next 15 years or so, I filmed hundreds of cassettes until my Kodak finally gave out. I like the softer picture this camera produced, and the sound quality was remarkable. I'm glad I kept the original master 8mm tapes instead of copying onto VHS and reusing them. I've found the picture/sound quality on the 8mm tapes have held up far better than my old VHS tapes and my old Beta for that matter.
Here's a trip to Niagara Falls I shot with my Kodak camcorder in 1987 where the opening shot is another Kodavision camcorder... czcams.com/video/_-3oSLz5hXA/video.htmlsi=hasi4DyzE9DsVndT
Thank you so much for sharing. I was born and raised in Rochester and went to school in Buffalo. I have been to Niagara Falls more times than I can remember. Never once with a Kodavision though. :)
In 1987 I was still using that RCA Selectavision portable VCR and a separate camera connected with a cable that I showed. Not too long afterward I got a Full-sized VHS Camcorder but never owned a Video 8 back in the day, I went straight to Hi-8.
I should have mentioned the picture tube. It's kind a funny it takes a minute to warm up. Since my batteries are long dead I don't have a clue how long they lasted back in the day.
Those are precious memories of yours. I hope you have digitized those 8mm before it's too late. My 8mm cameras all seems to be failing at an alarming rate.
Thanks for watching.
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