[Review] Panasonic PV-420 From 1989 

Yes vhs has a very unique look to it

Dude that’s awesome hopefully all the capacitors are all good still since it has sat unpowered for so long

You seem to know quite a bit about vhs cameras🤔

my favorites r the AG160 or the AG180, really beautiful cameras although they r a pain as well. but if you can find one that is in good shape, the footage is so beautiful.

@@brandoncameracollectionIs this full sized VHS?

@MMW279 yes

Hey cool to see you found my channel all the way from Spain😊 I would love to have a super vhs camera someday

@@brandoncameracollection Hello!!! Thank you for responding, I am at the stage of my life that I want to recover what I had in my childhood and youth and it was very nice. I follow your channel since yesterday, excuse my bad english!!!

Yeah these converters I’ve talked about on my channel will do the trick for you.

I’ve only been going at it for less than a year 🤗

Awesome 😎 I love this camera has such cool looking footage definitely one of my favorites for sure

@@brandoncameracollection same

Yes I love how soft the footage looks and thanks for your input and always watching my videos 😊

Yeah I’ll have to look into it it looks to be pretty cheap too

No I live in Idaho and I haven’t sold mine yet. Gonna be doing a trip on Route 66 at the park me of the month and I want to document it with that camera

No I’m not sure where to find one. You might have to make your own

Yeah I think a lot of Thea old vhs cameras we’re pretty similar

Sounds like the viewfinder is bad on it.

It's an aftermarket battery. I bought one and it works fine with my camera.

I’m working on it 😊 my goal was to get to 500 before the end of the year and I’m already there. So thank you for the support 🥳

No you have to put it on the charger. The charger also is the power supply

Well if you have the battery that came with the camera I’m 99% sure the battery is completely dead

Are you talking about the charger/power supply? Or the little av plug-in that goes to the back of the camera?

The av plug in that goes on the back.

Those little things are actually really hard to find. But you don’t necessarily need it. You can plug the camera into the power supply/charger and then run your video cables from the av out to your tv or capture device and it works the same way. You just have to have the power supply plugged into a power source

@@brandoncameracollection thank you. I tried researching it last night, I guess it was Panasonic's own 13 pin video composite adapter so I'd imagine it's not easy to come by. Luckily do have the charger/ video dock. Just ordered a replacement battery tho. Things are pricey 😔

Yeah I think people usually loose the little av video adapter. And I’ve never been able to find an aftermarket charger for these old vhs cameras. So when you do buy one you have to make sure it come with the power supply/charger. And I know the batteries now are soooo expensive 😖 I got my battery a couple years ago and it was way cheaper then than it is now. But when you get the battery make sure you keep a full charge in it before you store the battery. It will help preserve the life of it because if you leave it for too long with out a charge they can eventually just die since they aren’t lithium batteries I don’t think.

That one is pretty cool it looks a lot slimmer that other ones. Definitely doesn’t have the boxy shape like 80s vhs camcorders

So I have never been able to find aftermarket chargers only batteries. You’ll have to look on eBay for the charger. The charger also alleys you to connect your rca cables as well

@@brandoncameracollection I found one but idk if it would work. The seller is going to check the model # and I think it may tell me then. I posted on a sub-redit idk if that will help me in time before it is sold though. (ill send the link to the ebay in another comment just in case if it gets deleted by RU-vid)

@Peter28148 if you can find one like the one I’ll link below then it should work as long as it’s not broken www.ebay.com/itm/386314901867?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ppyzjxeuq06&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=ufmp3m6wrmi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

@@brandoncameracollection epic thank you : )

The tape door should be on the left side of the camera and the eject switch is on top towards the back of the camera. Should be right about where the battery sits.

@@brandoncameracollection I do see it now thank you haha!

I do not I’ll have to stay on the lookout for a super vhs camcorder. My next camcorder I’m reviewing is an interesting on in my opinion.

The resolution would be 480p and if you film the whole short film with this camera you would not be able to do anything with it in hd. I’m not sure what your shooting for but if you use hd footage with it I think you could get away with it. Only thing is that the aspect ratio is 4:3 so if you want it to fit 16:9 you would need to find a way to stretch the footage and that ends up looking really bad.

Unfortunately I don’t think there are any aftermarket chargers. I’ve only found aftermarket batteries. Your best option would be to look on eBay for one being sold

That I’m not sure I haven’t used a 320 yet

Yeah on vhs camera you can sometimes pick up the noise if the tape deck recording and rolling. If you use an external mic you shouldn’t hear it as much or at all.

If you need a link to a battery I’ll leave one here. www.ebay.com/itm/304775570454?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=-ZOELoaRTvG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=ufmp3m6wrmi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Thanks, by the way how do I connect a vcr/camcorder to a computer

You can use a converter like this amzn.to/3OpEgMm

It’s a sign to have a good time today haha 😮‍💨

Do you have the charger? The charger acts as a power supply as well

@@brandoncameracollection ok gotcha, how long does it usually take to fully charge?

I’m not sure I actually just got a battery and it was fully charged but I would assume about 20-30 minutes

Thanks I’ll keep my eyes out for that camera to make a video on in the future.

@@brandoncameracollection Many thanks hermano.. have a question please: how i Can in home get the best quality in export vhs to IMac or MacBook ? Original quality no loss ?