maybe you should get a camcorder 

casually stuffing my face 4:11

It's the soft look and indescribable film grain and the old 2000s camera colors that make any clip from these camcorders feel nostalgic

Cameras have honestly gotten too good, to the point of being boring. Nothing captures life better than the dinkiness of an older camera. The shots of you going around town with friends are so much more fun and life like than professional grade shots of the same thing. This makes me want to get a super 8.

literally the only reason i love camcorders over everything is because of the zoom function. You could either snap that zoom or you could slowllllyyyyy zoom in and I just love having that control. its a technique i use in so many of my edits

Vibes are a really underrated camera metric people should really give more weight too when buying gear. That being said the AX-33 has a lot better dynamic range than the CX240 but the CX240 has a ghosting and chromatic aberration wide open that does give it a certain 00s home movie aesthetic

thanks for making a video like this- this helped inspire me to settle with one of these cameras that are easier to handle and more fun to use instead of investing in a super high quality canon that might be difficult to learn on.

Best honest video I've seen so far about recording and understanding what it is about. Thanks for this video!! It's been so helpful! 🙏

Greattttt video! I like the 1080p cam. The aesthetic is realllyyyyy nostalgic, reminds me of home videos that you keep and show your family ❤️ I definitely need one

I'm going on a relatively long trip in 2 days and this has just opened my eyes because I have that exact 1080p camcorder and haven't used it for some years. Being in film school made me use other stuff and relegated that cam to a mistake on my part (it costed me many more hundred bucks because I bought it brand new) but seeing this has reminded me that I could still give it many uses.

Great video, love old camcorders as there so easy to use and build purely for what it is unlike cameras designed for shooting photos. Have many cameras like gh5 and dji action and so on but always go back to shooting video with camcorders that tends to be more pleasing to the eye rather than over sharpness and exposed of modern cameras. Great video mate

I’m proud of you Spencer. Keep your art alive! :)

This kind of just popped up in my recommended and I’m not sure why, but I’m glad it did. I’m planning on ditching my iPhone as soon as it craps out and switching to a flip phone, and although I haven’t always been crazy about taking photos and videos, and I don’t like being that guy that’s always pointing a camera at something, I’ve been getting into film photography lately as well as skateboarding, so I think this is something I’d like to have with me once I don’t have an iPhone camera anymore.

I bought a Vixia HF G40 refurbished from Canon and save a ton of money and it came with the standard warranty. It included all of the accessories that you would expect to find in the box of a brand new camcorder. I bought so many refurbished equipment from Canon over the years and saved lots of money and never had an issue with any of their refurbished camcorders, DSLR, mirrorless cameras, EF/RF lenses. Get one.

i have two and they’re just collecting dust atm. this feels like a sign to use them more

LOVE THIS A LOT. Thanks for the thoughts and insights. 🤙🏼

The edits were so nice on this one, felt amazing to watch. I'ma see if I can find one thrifting, I've been trying to get better at that recently

Vibes are real. Looking back at the past 2 decades of my camcorder/camera history, as the resolution, stability and low light performance increased, we lost something far more important. Ease of use, so easy that i can pass it to whomever im with and they intuitively know how to use it, autofocus that just works... I swear my digital hi8 camcorder had better autofocus then my Panasonic S5... We had it good.

Your editing skills are mint af and you're such a chill, positive dude. Just vibes. Appreciate the review and here's my abo!! Keep it up like that g

Yessss- thank you for the comparisons- brilliant🌸

Dude… you have a great style (and “vibe”). Long time ax53 owner and camcorder fan. New sub!

This is such an awesome video!! Amazing edits, and great thoughts and insights! I've been wanting to buy a nice mirrorless camera for videoing memories for a while now. But I may just pickup a camcorder while I save up. The memories are worth more than the money spent on it. Thanks again, this video is very inspiring, I may just pickup one soon.

I love the CX240 more :) Thank you Spencer for the review! I'm having mine soon!

Wow. I was expecting just a plain camera talk video, came to creative masterpiece.

I've been working on digital transfers of my 8mm camcorder tapes from my childhood for a couple upcoming youtube videos of my own, so that along with seeing this resurgence in camcorder videography is absolutely inspiring me to get one once my wife and I have kids. Even to burn some blu rays of the footage so they don't get lost in cloud storage or external hard drives. Thanks for inspiring me further!

Great video! and great edits.. i currently own Sony-CX190 which is 1 model older! I love the nostalgic vibes it gives.

Holy your editing is goated, keep up the Yt grind dude! Insane vid!

I bought a CX220 when it was first released and it still works. I recently gave it to my daughter because I have a CX405. I have cameras that shoot 4K videos but I find myself still using my cheap camcorders.

Super helpful video!! Also I really love the track in there - can you please let me know the artist and song? =)

Yours video is very cool, fresh, and original. I like it 👍

Right off the bat you got a good deal on both man kudos!

Great video! I have a Panasonic vx1 that I use for wildlife after I almost didn't get my old Sigma 150-600 on a plane with my carry-on 😅. The size and weight make camcorders nice for easy hiking and travel.

I have the AX53, they're great cameras & nothing beats the zoom capability/smoothness of a camcorder unless you buy very expensive lenses.

I have an AX53 and I love how versatile it is, especially the image stabilisation and zoom range (26.8 to 536mm). I do wish it could shoot log and had a higher dynamic range (and maybe more depth of field) but even without that it's pretty great. I do want to get a ZV-E1 eventually but I'm pretty sure I'll keep the AX53 around as a b-cam for the zoom range. Like carrying a telephoto lens except it's its own camera. I'm generally surprised by how few RU-vidrs use camcorders, especially in the vlogging space and other non-filmmaking spaces since they're much more convenient for point and shoot than a handheld mirrorless and some of them do have pretty great image quality.

Amazing vibes ✨ Love your editing as always!

I think you can see the difference in picture quality in the 4k VS 1080p because of the filter affect it has on the video, almost like water color painting on the sides of objects makes it look like a cheap Fiji film camera sometimes But for price and portability I do like the smaller form factor of the 1080p one 😊

VX1 is a great bit of kit. A camera literally made for recording videos! And it doesn't overheat and shutdown after 30 minutes. Dont follow the perceived meta 🤘🏼

I am still using my beloved handy cams even in 2024, I just love these cameras, and they can shoot wonderful clips and images in good light conditions, what I love about them, they beat any modern camera hands down, and they never overheat, the zoom is smooth and fast, the image quality is excellent they hardly ever lose focus, yes it can get noisy in low light conditions, so do your eyes. I just love those old cameras.

love all of this spencer - keep up the good work! and throw the wind/pop filter on that rode wireless go to eliminate the plosives :)

How did you get the cx240s video to look like that? Did you add any editing or color grading to the footage or does it look like that when it’s straight footage?

Great video man, appreciate the work

Canon Legria FS line are tiny standard definition camcorders perfect to achieve retro vibes footage. Canon FS 406 or FS 200 are great. You get retro vibes footage in 16:9 aspect ratio and recorded to SDHC cards. Just awesome.

Great video. I've been looking for a camcorder or other camera that will give you a great vibe while shooting and still have good enough picture quality.

hey man do you remember what cam did you used in the shot at 4:42 ? I feel it might be the Ax-33 because the image quality is quite sharp... but who knows! thx :)

Completely forgot that I've always wanted one of these, and I think I could spare the budget now that the price has gotten lower. Nice vid !

BROTHER! I LOVED your edit showcasing the footage!😮😮😮 Just discovered ur channel, it's a vibe and HQ Pls song list!

Great video! Definitely bustin' out my dads camcorder to play around with! Thanks for the insipration!

I’m late to this video but holy cow your editing style and the entire aura this video gives off was nuts it felt like a movie

Vibes are the best metric

This was such a fantastic video and the first one of yours I’ve watched !! I loved it

5:30 I agree that the eyepiece is worthy of first-mention feature. When hand-held and zoomed in, it's a must. I wish I could find an inexpensive CX405-size camcorder with the eyepiece. 1080p is fine. What would you recommend?

Wonderful video explanation!

Love the vibes. I just got a Canon HD camcorder just to play and be creatively free. ✨

i have that sony handycam hd camcorder but mine only has 34x zoom. its super fun to whip out and shoot on!

I miss the times where all I had was a Sony mini DV Camcorder :D What’s the song at 3:55 called? :)

Im sooo jealous i have been looking for camera like that for cheap for soooo long because im broke. I am trying to find a job too so maybe I could afford a more expensive camera like that. Maan I just want to get filming videos and do "documentaries" of my life on a handycam😭

This was a great watch and exactly what i was looking for!

I have the cx405 and I got the camera to get the nostalgic look of older tape cameras and I find myself with the toy camera filter always on and set to warm. The filter just adds that little bit of extra noise I think but still has good quality.

I actually JUST bought that exact camera, the cx240, like 2 weeks ago 😳 it’s SO easy to use and keep around. I can hang it off the key keeper on my belt to carry it and it feels like nothing.

I’ve recently just got into photography from a friend and I found an old sony camcorder I used to mess around with when I was younger and it brings back a bunch of memories.

Sk8 + sony handycam is so legend❤

FANTASTIC EDITING AND SEQENCING!!!

These aesthetic ah videos are the reason old (normally cheaper) camera skyrocket in price for nostalgia

Vibes should be a metric my guy, because I actually had and have a lot of fun recording with camcorders, it makes me look professional lol

So sick!! New subscriber here and fellow skater/youtuber!! Cheers

I bought the ax33 because it was cheaper than buying telephoto lens for my sony camera. Now I have the best of both worlds.

Best camcord commercial ever

Try the new Minolta waterproof $188 MN4K 300 WP great little camera

I've been playing about with VHS-C for ages, but not the digital ones. I need to pick one up at some point. I want a teeny tiny one.

Hi I saw your videos they are all amazing. Would you mind if I add more on your videos so that your business grow exponentially!

Good video :) used it a few years back and at the time it was crisp ! but recently my son said" Dad that is an ancient camcorder !" ( have not used it for a few years) when we went to Wales for a short vacation so neglected it and used our Samsung phones :( had a cheapish tripod had some good and bad results ! wished I had used my Sony cx240 with a good sturdy tripod will give it a whirl next time out! thanks for restoring the faith ;)

Oh hey water treatment plant thought I recognized that lol. I'm a gadget nerd always trolling FB marketplace recently bought a canon m50 to properly start my channel and then the giant 16mm lens. These cameras definitely reminded me of my dad who's definitely a camcorder dad lol. This was cool love your editing and now I want a camcorder 😂

I want this type of camera so bad .

subbed cause maxime and the vibes

Very interested with Sony Ax-33 or FDR AX-43, but in my country, the price tag is 1000 CAD, even the second hand one will cost me 900 CAD.

2:46 The sharper for me is the one on the left and not the "4k" one. the sky on the left looks more realistic than the sky on the right. Weird.

i feel like 480 resolution is the sweet spot for camcorders

Love the song selection on this, it's such a vibe. Please plug me with the music/artists💫

Dude super fun video. Camcorder gang unite

love the editing on this video

There’s something about wine and these types of cameras that just kiss ✨

I actually like the way the lil HD Sony one better especially in the beach clips

Actually, I have that Sony AX33 camera and it is a great camera, but I have to say quite bad if you want to make videos in dark place. Still, you can make it spooky with a night vision setting.

this was such a great video omgggg

Yeahhh.. the Sony Hdrcx240 is definetly not going to be rugged I imagine for skateboarding based on well the blue one that us.. but yeah it does I suppose for convenience the buttons form for controls vs touchscreen as in highschool I found the concept of a touchscreen to be tough as I could not see where my finger covered up some of the screen.. but that was a dcrsx45 if I recall from highschool that I preffered for the one or two semester 11th grade year I did use it.. vs the cannon vixia hd touch screen ones.. simply due to having had my handycam already by then.. but that was clear back in 2018-19 so I may have not fully been able to fairly recall the experiences of the sx45... but neither of the handycams I recall using had any BUILT IN/HDD memory but do slightly have some variations like touch screen/hd vs sd/size of sd card/formerly made memorystick vs memorystick 2/micro sd etc.. but also hdmi vs only composite/s video output vs optional seperate by rumour available.. multi terminal connecting composite out on the hdrcx240 but also the presence of built in light and a few more things but yeah.

some guy talking about this camera and has no sense at all. Do not show any footage or can't handle bitrate. You are the first one who showed side by side comparison at all or atleast in the first two minute. Also heard informations. So thats a like from me. Talking about a camera 11 minutes long and not showing footage drive me crazy so thank you not doing this. And of course unfortunately thoose Vids got lot of views and not yours

Was there any specific settings you used on the cx240, or did you just open it and start recording? It has that retro look a little, and I wanted that look. Great video btw, I bought the cx240 because of this vid!!

Point and shoot / camcorder (QUALITY) over smartphone (convenience)

Hell yeah!

They have the same sensor size. A better video would be the CX405 Vs the Panasonic VX981 that thing can have an ND filter.

Quite some time ago, my main camera was a Panasonic DVX200. It was such a fun time shooting with it. If I'd ever have the amount of money to burn, I would probably get the Panasonic X1500E. And I mean really money to burn, because I am not blind to the fact that this camera will be used twice a year at most lol.

Just bought the cx240 can’t wait to use it

Love this, going to order cx40e now

this video is sick. the latest video on my channel (performing a song called poppyseed) was shot on a friend's camcorder and I LOVED the way it took colour. now i wanna buy one and this helped inform my decision. thank you

I've got a canon legria hf-66 for £90, been using it for skating clips, days outs and just anything nice looking all threw the college break and its been a fucking blast, deffo worth it.

great video bro! not good for me tho, because now i feel like i need one 😅

nicely done! good video!

Spencer, wow Spencer like from Thomas the tank engine. SCHWEINHUND!!!

love the comparison ! (what's the song for the last part at 6:03 ?)

Killed it pappa!! Makes me want one 😂

i want a camcorder for this summer, but as a 13 yr curently with like 30$, i cant find one :(