Using Old VHS Cameras in 2020!

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How to use old VHS cameras for modern retro videos! Can these old VHS cameras be upgraded for filming in today’s digital world? Let’s find out!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:02 Finding a VHS Camera
2:45 Using VHS Tapes
3:08 Powering VHS Cameras
3:43 Using VHS Cameras
5:11 Importing and Converting VHS Video
5:38 Audio Upgrades
7:02 Adding a Monitor
8:06 External Recorders
8:48 Final Thoughts and Footage
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@nicholasboule5134 4 года назад

"but we ALL know it's not really the same thing" Amen

@IrwinRodriguezJr 4 года назад

100% agree

@matthewmucha4221 4 года назад

This line got me smiling. It's great to start a day with a video like that 😄

@dwindeyer 3 года назад

I see video effects trying to emulate consumer tape formats all the time and they never look like the real thing

@mitchellhughes5180 3 года назад

Exactly

@a17labs28 2 года назад

agreed.

@curtisjudd 4 года назад

Hahaha! This was rad! I remember "filming" my brother carrying the Olympic torch for the 1984 Olympics on a rented VHS camera which had a separate tape unit with a shoulder strap. I had to run a full kilometer with that beastly kit. What memories!

@dslrvideoshooter 4 года назад

Oh man! That is a wild story Curtis! Ouch!

@0npoint589 4 года назад

I just love the film-making community!

@tjh44961 4 года назад

I remember using one of those as well -- I shot some video in Monument Valley with it. I saw that tape recently -- I should dig up a VCR and look at it.

@reginaldworthington7558 4 года назад

Hah! I know what you mean Curtis. Our first foray into the video world was a JVC KY2000 camera hooked up to a Sony BVU100 tape deck (otherwise useful as a boat anchor). This was a 3/4 inch system so slightly more HP than a VHS setup but seriously, I’m not sure the quality bump was worth the hernia we got from lugging that gear around Las Vegas on our first pro shoot 1 day after we got the gear. We even shot some skiing sequences with it at Lake Tahoe on that trip which to this day, I’m amazed we even survived!

@dodgem259 3 года назад

@@BadEmpanada You are correct, he is actually lieing. If you go to his website, he states that he got into video making 20yrs ago when a freshman at university. This would put him at 14-15yrs of age 20 yrs ago (year 2000). It's impossible for him to have recorded his brother in 1984 because he was not even born yet.

@mattdayphoto 4 года назад

As someone that stills shoots mostly film when it comes to photography, I’m loving these videos!

@EddyJamesDio 3 года назад

all film here.

@omegaman1409 3 года назад

I recently went back to 35mm film camera. I have been having a great time. Film is still alive but mostly as a novelty.

@PixelBrushArt 3 года назад

Film gang!

@nattokami9598 3 года назад

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@PixelBrushArt 3 года назад

@@nattokami9598 rude

@KnapfordMaster98 4 года назад

Extremely important to remember that all of this footage is interlaced, that means 60 fields per second. A lot of modern tech will just throw away half of the fields to give you 30 progressive (or God forbid you capture at 24). If you capture the original 60i signal, and deinterlace it properly, you can get 60p out of it. Just thought I would mention that since most filmmakers don’t know about interlaced these days.

@garyboi9779 4 года назад

what's wrong with 24 🤷‍♂️ as someone who has watched a lot of movies and done a Ton of editing 24 is perfectly fine and brilliant for movies especially cgi heavy ones because in cases in which each frame takes hours to render you want to render the mimimum amount of frames 👌

@ZacDonald 4 года назад

@@garyboi9779 A VHS camera is not a cinema camera, no one is going to be looking for a cinematic experience out of that camera. 60 fps is great for action and movement, which is a lot of what was filmed on there cameras, kids playing sports, at the beach, even seen some skateboarding videos filmed on cameras like these at 60 fps.

@wright96d 4 года назад

Shout-out for QTGMC

@SantiagoMonroy5 3 года назад

@@garyboi9779 Because 60 into 24 timeline looks like trash. And VHS camcorder footage just looks wrong when it's not 50/60fps,it just doesn't look correct

@KRAFTWERK2K6 3 года назад

The 60i fields will be however interpolated in 60p but it's still better than discarding them and leaving you with just half the scanlines when de-interlacing it. Better you keep it interlaced since most TVs de-interlace it anyway. Or the Blu-ray / DVD player does it. Or your Upscaler & Line Doubler does it for you. ONLY convert it when you want to upload it online and want to maintain a "interlaced" like appeal that you don't get with 30p

@ElishaZakai 4 года назад

keep up the older camera reviews they r dope!

@NripanNath 4 года назад

I wish he does more old camera reviews occasionally.

@speedyboishan87 3 года назад

@@NripanNath These old camera's were ok for the 1980's, 1990's but not much for this age we have 4K and 8K doubt the picture will look any good.

@JollyStudios 4 года назад

And remember: Be kind, rewind.

@bigtommy2556 3 года назад

So many of my vhs came from old library stock as my library rented vhs and they are covered in those stickers

@Levibetz 4 года назад

One tip for ripping footage. Often times with VHS tapes you may struggle with dropped or black frames. This is due to analog video not being fixed in time scale. A trick is to source a DVD-VHS recorder, the sort of device that allowed you to rip VHS tapes to DVDs. These devices will have a built in time correction, and their video outputs will rip flawlessly! Happy VHS-ing.

@Heymisterbadguy 2 года назад

Not all dvd-vhs recorders have internal tbcs. Afaik most only use their TBCs when recording to the dvd from the vhs, so you can't just use it to play vhs on the fly. I'd recommend a Panasonic DMR-ES10 or ES15 as an external machine, it's a dvd player and recorder which has a tbc in it that corrects most dropped frames. You can just use its passthrough feature ans enjoy the time corrected vhs tape on the fly. There is a LOT of discussion about frame synchronization, tbc, line tbc, field tbc, frame tbc, blablabla. As of today I have only tested the DMR mentioned above and for my family recorded vhs-c tapes it works perfectly. There are probably way better tbcs (full fledged tbcs;stuff like the videonics mx-1 maybe and the internal tbcs of some high end vhs jvc players), and supposedly the upcoming PixelFX Morph upscaler will have a bult-in full frame tbc as well.

@SyntheticFuture 4 года назад

Being part of the last generation that actually experienced this level of tech it is heartwarming to see it getting it's little revival moment. There's something special about using old tech. Be it an old synthesizer, an old photo or video camera or a old gaming console. Yes you can emulate the results, but you can't emulate the experience :)

@imark7777777 3 года назад

Yes I feel sorry for the Next Generation they're going to have anti repair iPhones and Androids and everything else toasters and microwaves refrigerators and stoves that will be no more than a brick pretty much after they get replaced.

@AwesomeGuy-oy1fe 3 года назад

There's just something so genuine about old video tape. Most my my childhood was filmed on MiniDV, so a little different from VHS, but regardless, these videos just have so much charisma to them.

@weeardguy 3 года назад

Most of mine was filmed on VHS and VHS-C, and I would not be surprised if some Sony U-Matic was used as well. My dad worked the AV-section of a company specialised in theatre-productions at the time and just taking a big camera home for the weekend for private use was no problem at all. I can only thank him that he was able to do that, as the image-quality of some shots is just pristine compared to what other parents had to deal with. I also like it my dad already made a compilation of all kinds of moments and not kept the raw tapes. Instead of hours and hours of material, everything is compiled to about 160 minutes from before my birth to about my 14th birthday I think. Editing and recording was done on studio-grade equipment. I even played with the mix-table at some point: the processing-unit was in the 'basement-basement' (the studio was already in the basement) as it made a hell of a noise because of cooling fans and required its own air-conditioning . There was a back-up airconditioning that would start as soon as the main unit would fail. The main-unit would signal the 'computer' to shut down and the back-up unit would only be able to keep things cool as the computer would shut down. It sounds hard to imagine that you needed a small room to have a dedicated computer for image-mixing, editing and such, but one could really do everything with that machine. Ah well. The eighties and beginning on the nineties ;)

@MuhammadFloyd 4 года назад

These DIY kind of stuff is the kind of stuff that made me love this channel so much. I like the other content a lot but the DIY stuff is the most unique to this channel!

@HusseinKefel 4 года назад

You just rolled my memories back then in 1987, this was my first VHS camera and I loved it at the time. I kept learning and shooting with it all the time. This was a fantastic video camera in those days. Thank you for sharing these videos

@AdamsLab 4 года назад

For me, as much as I love clean and clear audio, the cleaner audio from the external mics ruins the "illusion" of the VHS. I'd probably record with the external mic (or external recorder) and then "dirty" it up to maintain the VHS feel.

@johnbmx4christ 4 года назад

that wireless setup sounded just the perfect level of crappiness to match. that thing is hidious.

@imark7777777 3 года назад

Definitely got to have some of that mechanical noise , although it was interesting to see that it was really just the microphone and not the recording capturing Tech that was adding the unpleasantries shall I say. I bet they took some cost-cutting measures in the microphone circuit schematic, there might even be some proximity interference internal.

@anthonyperkins7556 3 года назад

The best ever domestic full sized VHS camcorder towards the end of Panasonic's VHS era was the NV-M10. It combined reasonable quality VHS pictures with excellent sounding HiFi VHS Stereo sound delivered through a superb omnidirectional stereo AV zoom microphone that allowed you to capture the sound of your subject as you zoom in resuming normal stereo sound as you zoom out along with a set Tele mode for specifically capturing sound from the front diluting the stereo effect somewhat and a Wide mode keeping the big stereo sound field in addition to the Zoom mode. If you want to abandon the built-in stereo microphone and use your own external stereo microphone, you may do so as it came equipped with a stereo mic socket plus a built in accessory shoe to mount it on. It also could be linked up to a compatible Panasonic VCR by a LANC lead to easily edit your videos to a second VHS tape. It also had insert edit using the picture and Hi-Fi Stereo tracks in-camera for drop-in shots through the lens and it also had audio dub using the linear mono track (using the built in or an external microphone) for a touch of creativity plus a sound mix switch to combine the two HiFi and mono tracks on playback. It didn't like using standard grade VHS tapes like TDK HS or Scotch HG as these would clog the video heads easily but it liked Super High Grade VHS tape / Extra High Grade VHS tapes plus HiFi Grade VHS tapes and Pro Grade VHS tapes such as TDK E-HG, TDK SHG HiFi, 3M Professional, 3M Broadcast, BASF HiFi Professional, Maxell XL-HiFi, Sony V-Pro, Fuji Double Coated SHG, Fuji Double Coated SHG Pro, TDK E-HG Pro-X and similar.

@yousefabdulrhman858 4 года назад

When a 1987 camera have better autofocus than the bmpcc.

@80-80. 4 года назад

Add new Panasonic’s on that list 😆

@yousefabdulrhman858 4 года назад

@书中自有黄金屋 it's a jk.

@JOAOAUGUSTODIASABREU 3 года назад

Hat's off! You've just provide us with a beautiful time travel into a phenomenal time of my life! Remembering my VHS time is so overwhelming and brings so much memory's back (My father was alive back then, for instance...and I clearly remember when HE bought us the 1st VHS camera recorder and VHS home player...man...) I'm really grateful for this effort of yours and well done video! Please keep it up!

@rxgtv 3 года назад

I like the fact that these have better mics than most phones/cameras these days...

@RyanMichaelss 4 года назад

2:04 "Because they just make me sad" 😂

@yunghart 3 года назад

Lol those were the dark ages of consumer cameras

@spencerfalzy 3 года назад

I know what he means but I’m still dying laughing ahahaha

@beamboi2775 3 года назад

@@yunghart no they were getting more popular and better

@LenKusov 3 года назад

Good primer, but as someone who regularly uses a (one year newer) Panasonic camcorder for videos, I've got some pointers. First, not all tapes are created equal - Maxell is better than Fuji, is better than TDK, and High Grade tapes are noticeably better than Standard, and quality degrades as you tape over things, so Maxell High Grade is my go-to and I have about a dozen I cycle through. Second, CALIBRATE YOUR CAPTURE STICK, the default settings are terrible. Get something with composite output (I used an Xbox) that can display SMPTE colorbars and use those to tweak settings from the drivers. Then throw out the CD it came with and use VLC, with all the video noise reduction settings maxed and a little bit of Sharpen, and NO DEINTERLACING. Also, if you can, either record from S-Video instead of composite or get something like a WinTV card that's got a real comb filter, EZCap and knockoffs just low-pass filter it so you get NTSC smearing ON TOP OF VHS artifacts. Third, CLEAN YOUR TAPE HEADS, most cameras don't have self-clean rollers like VCRs do, get a cleaning tape and some 91% rubbing alcohol and run it through every 3 or 4 full tapes or whenever the artifacting starts to get worse or the noise starts getting past VLC's denoising. Finally, if you can, play back the tapes on a machine with time-base correction - Panasonic (and Magnavox, Sylvania, and GE, since those are all rebranded Panasonics) cameras have TBC built in but a cheaper camera, VHS-C camera, or a tape recorded on a different machine will tend to have issues with 'wobble' and framerates that aren't quite right, so a good 4-head or 6-head VCR will improve quality by a lot, some even have digital noise reduction and filters built in and many have S-Video.

@jimmyjakes1823 3 месяца назад

That's what I was going to say, except I don't think it's worth bothering with the cleaning tapes. It's cheaper and it does a better job to just open it up and clean the heads directly with foam swabs and some 99% alcohol. That by itself improves the quality massively on any 30 year old VCR or Camcorder. He's screwing around with hundreds of dollars of external mics and cables when just swabbing the audio head with some alcohol would probably eliminate the 90% of the hiss.

@geraldundone 4 года назад

These are fun videos, Caleb! 🤓👍

@LeeZavitz 4 года назад

When I was 10-12 I used my parent's Hitachi VHS camcorder to shoot stop motion videos. I have no idea how I figured it out but it was an old 1991 model and I don't ever remember the autofocus sucking lol

@chadwin 4 года назад

This was a fun retro trip to take today! Thanks Caleb. Sadly, the oldest cams I used were all mini DV (such a dad cam from the 90's)

@SockPuppetParody 4 года назад

Love the old camera vs new camera comparisons! So I foresee comparison video soon :)

@loveplane737 2 года назад

yeah

@JjackVideo 4 года назад

I really like it when you showcase these old cameras. It's getting me inspired to start capturing stuff around me somehow

@54V4 4 года назад

It was a pleasure watching this one a bit more than all your other videos. Maaann you are so composed and polite. That's rare in these days. Thank you!

@punishedprops 4 года назад

I love this! Growing up we had a similar VHS camera, but I think it was from RCA. I bet my parents still have it!

@imark7777777 3 года назад

Funny you should say that I think I have a Magnavox and doing some research on replacing my charger it seems like it's a very bass manufacturing which is then rebadged to a few different companies that probably varied by country. So there's a lot of commonality.

@okjeffy6581 3 года назад

My dad used to have this camera. I have some videos, but I lost the tapes and they are burnt. :( I still have my old videos from 2010 at least.

@GaryJahman 4 года назад

I asked my kids if they knew what VHS was. They thought it was a disease.....

@ZiitsprungMedia 4 года назад

probably they where right... :-) VHS was indeed a disease.. LOL

@wright96d 4 года назад

@@ZiitsprungMedia And laserdisc was the cure.

@imark7777777 3 года назад

It wasn't a disease I mean we had a VHS graveyard Apple's types and players., autocorrect... It wasn't a disease? I mean we had a VHS graveyard between tapes and players.

@arielleacord9736 3 года назад

Lolol that made my night!

@DelCampoProductions. 3 года назад

Show your kids a garbage can full of vhs cassetes and put a paper that says vhs on it and tell them that is a VHS graveyard

@JourneysEnd 4 года назад

Love and appreciate all of your content man, and really enjoying this deep dive into older cameras! As someone who works on short films and has recently got into doing some retro trailer edits on my channel, this definitely makes me consider some interesting creative possibilities for integrating real VHS footage into projects. Thanks for all the helpful gear-related reviews and inspiration!

@keithbrown454 4 года назад

That was very awesome on how you took us back down memory lane with the big VHS camcorder. I have an old Sony 8mm camcorder. It is so nostalgic. I just love electronics and especially cameras. You struck some cords in my brain with this one.

@Patrick-jj5nh 4 года назад

The lenses in some of these old cameras are the real gem. Some incredible constant zoom lenses...

@johnward6361 3 года назад

I recorded Christmas morning with a vhs camcorder this past December. I’m not sure how much the rest of my family appreciated it but I found the footage really fun and interesting

@lleaha 2 года назад

The background picture is so much better on these than a phone.

@dougchampion8084 3 года назад

Love this kind of thing, thank you for making this, and thank you RU-vid for existing.

@FoodTechLife 4 года назад

Good video for your 500K milestone. Congrats Caleb!

@Lexington101 4 года назад

At 4:47 I was expecting you to read a statement saying you were alive and well and to give your captors the ransom money.

@jeffreyfletcher1780 3 года назад

Growing up on VHS cameras, I never would've dreamed we would have access to the quality of video cameras we have now. Technology is amazing.

@ogcidman911 3 года назад

I love how over the top you went for this! Great work!

@n0_31 2 года назад

All I needed to see was one of your videos and that's an instant subscription, I'm trying to get a good condition still working VHS camera and it's so hard there either not working or missing the charger, but you make me wanna keep lookin. Thanks

@christosvolikakis1523 3 года назад

Brings back so many memories - I love this! The old scotch tape over the VHS cassette tab trick -when did I f**in become ancient! 😂

@twosheafilms 4 года назад

Man... I love this retro series you've got going on! Is there going to be a 35mm video coming out? You're awesome Caleb!

@groovexmedia 4 года назад

Man That took me back to the days we used to have the Panasonic M5... great video, Caleb!!

@filmsallday 4 года назад

it looks so aesthetic in your studio, its so pleasing to watch

@FlamespeedyAMV 2 года назад

So much nostalgia, i love the way these old cameras look, wish more people would record in 2021 with these

@gmanatusek4864 Год назад

I still use them, my dad bought one in 1998

@ArcticArca Год назад

i agree

@MichaelBallif 4 года назад

Really loved this video. I'm a huge retro tech nut, so seeing these older camera reviews/tutorials is right up my alley. Have you looked into getting better capture cards for your tapes? Apparently they make a big difference in terms of quality (kind of silly to be talking about quality when we're referring to VHS tapes, but still!). The Canopus ADVC 110 is supposed to be great for this.

@thebunn 3 года назад

That footage.... it looks so siiick! Very nice Caleb!

@reubendotson7212 4 года назад

His lighting, and setup is impeccable

@TucsonAnalogWorkshop 3 года назад

As someone who lived through the transition from Super 8 film cameras to camcorders, I still find them too sad to be nostalgic about...in the early 80s the Super 8 film cameras had gotten so sleek/compact with so many features (and even sync sound) and not only that, they shot lovely FILM. Camcorders just pulled the rug out from under a technology that was reaching its height and that stung! These beastly VHS (and Betamax) cameras seemed like such a step backwards, in every manner except cost. Super 8 sound film was less than $10 for 3 minutes (including processing) back then, but of course video was/is practically free for hours of footage, so naturally the general public chose quantity over quality

@revokdaryl1 Год назад

How about 16mm? I've seen some feature films with 2K restorations that were shot on 16mm and they look almost as good as 35mm. I take it a 16mm camera for the general public would have been out of reach moneywise for most people.

@TroyMeekhof 4 года назад

8:21 "But since I'm Caleb Pike from DSLR Video Shooter" iM WHEEZING

@otabwill709 4 года назад

When you turn on caps lock but still hold shift for the first letter of the sentence 😂

@jakepieschel5353 3 года назад

Finally someone who has love for these old vhs camcorders as i do. I currently own a panasonic palmcorder but would love to find a fullsize eventually. Im still amazed on how easy it is to find batteries for them yet. Thanks for the video, you are definitely one ill subscribe to :)

@sammysantanapr 3 года назад

Dope video i was surprised how good it was with the external mic and recording. Definitely made a huge difference. 🙌💯

@elemanielpagan8519 2 года назад

Being able to take photos and videos in a couple seconds and being to also delete and retake these moments with virtually no hassle has made taking photos and videos feel less meaningful in my opinion. Having something physical that you know exists and isnt just a digital file stored in your phone or the cloud feels much more real and raw. I was born into a generation with smart phones and tech but Ive been feeling the urge to go back in time for a while now. Thanks for the awesome video keep it up !

@digitalmagicAR 3 года назад

Cool review! As someone who has shot and edited a lot of VHS footage I can say the format is horrible but certainly has a nostalgic feel to it today. I still have an old VHS, Hi8 and D-8 camera that I've considered shooting retro video with. The Super 8 film camera was the neatest but we left the batteries in and they corroded it, sadly.

@HotFriesMmm 8 месяцев назад

Hi, I just got a camcorder and when i plugged in the ac adaptor to power it it was working but then while recording and trying to play back all the lights on the buttons started flashing. do you know what this means? it stopped working. I was hoping someone might know what the troubleshooting is for it

@alfredoziano 4 года назад

Ergonomics on these are just so perfect. Great video, this made my day.

@DonnieRosie 4 года назад

What a great video about these old dinosaurs. Mini DV was my main first camera experience. Also congrats on 500K subs!!!

@ThisIsTechToday 4 года назад

This is a vibe

@zguyofficial6206 3 года назад

This is awesome

@DirectorCM 3 года назад

I recently just shot an entire short film using a VHS camcorder. I've had the camera since 1984 and it still works like a charm! I wish more people would shoot with actual VHS because VHS Filters drive me absolutely nuts and they are never accurate.

@imark7777777 3 года назад

That had to have been an interesting shoot. So many comments that I want to repeat another comments. I know somebody who's working on a script for a short film that uses different years of Technology. He wants to use filters and I'm like to be so fun for everybody involved to actually step through each generation of Technology. Although I might just be biased as I have a VHS camera, it was a hand-me-down it was my first camera in the video format which was weird as my first camera was technically digital still 2 megapixel. I had film cameras though they were cheapy ones that always broke so I know there's a lot of things I've taken photos of that I've never going to see. Although my mom did have a nice film camera other than that growing up poor in the 90s....

@DirectorCM 3 года назад

@@imark7777777 Shooting on actual VHS with VHS Camcorder does have it's technological drawbacks but they are quite easy to overcome. I've been making films since the early 80's and many of them are on tapes that have been lost to the sands of time. Many were edited using 2 VCRs (which was a nightmare lol) I'd say your friend should most definitely shoot with the actual technology, if it's available. Filters and Editing Plug-ins just don't do justice to the actual thing.

@imark7777777 3 года назад

@@DirectorCM yes nightmare should I say that's how I learned linear editing somehow we managed to have two working VCRs in our house and I wanted to condense some tapes shall we say some might have definitely not been from the library. One of these days of attacked the archive of tapes with probably many shows that don't exist anymore on them somehow we managed to record a lot even though we had constant VCR problems. Well I do partially too, I was actually thinking it might be good to do both digital and non-digital that way there's sort of a rough daily to work from. Do to good news and partially bad news the film festival theme last year was picked and that's where the idea came from and then subsequently the film festival got delayed, had venues issues, was offered to use our space in a community TV Studio, declined / didn't reply, got got canceled and was looking forward to 2020 dot-dot-dot c-19.

@OrdoNekro 3 года назад

I like how you keep adding more and more stuff onto the camera to eventually form up devastator. Way cool.

@pergite 4 года назад

Such an awesome video. Was thrilled when you showed that tape trick which I remember doing when I was a kid after copying rental movies using two VHS players (!) Would be awesome to see you try out recording audio to a cassette. Keep up the good work!

@tombuck 4 года назад

I always thought the VHS cameras were the coolest because they looked like the big tv news cameras. That being said, a little 8mm Sony Handycam is my bff.

@yeaboy707 4 года назад

Most original thing I’ve seen on a camera channel recently. Meanwhile everyone is obsessing over the Canon R5’s 8k RAW.

@firstandlastproductionsllc 4 года назад

Ah, great memories! 'Borrowing' my dad's VHS camcorder in the late 1980s was how I got my start as well. And in 8th grade (1991) my video production class use to edit videos off of shoulder mounted VHS camcorders as well. Thanks for the throwback!

@weeardguy 3 года назад

But you know, I think that is the way to start stuff like that. There are so much options these days. Tapes were tapes. One had to THINK about what you wanted to do to avoid long review-sessions before editing could even start. With all the NLE-software these days, putting clips wherever you want them, is so easy, but thinking about all of the stuff you want to capture beforehand saves a lot of time.

@PaulStewartPositivePaul 4 года назад

That was a fun video👍🏻 I have learned so much from you. I really like the idea of using my old camcorder for flashbacks or other cool stuff. Thank you for the idea!

@YakovGYP 4 года назад

With the good lighting, the footage totally looks like an 80's or early 90's television commercial.

@imark7777777 3 года назад

Probably because most commercials were low-budget and some TV shows with low budget as well directly used VHS. I'm remembering a Monty Python sketch... film vs. Tape

@MichaelAChang 4 года назад

This reminded me of my old Panasonic ENG camera and Sony U-Matic portable recorder in my basement - just maybe I'll fire it up!

@MrJchristopher7 Год назад

love this. anything retro boosted with modern tech is so interesting. Keep it up.

@CaseyMcBeath1 4 года назад

Caleb! I found and bought may childhood VHS camera about 6 months ago, got brand new batteries for it, and figured out a wireless and recording option as well! Great minds. The nostalgia cuts crazy deep

@theVHSvlog 4 года назад

Up until this year I've been collecting and filming on VHS but boy has it gotten cumbersome to replace belts and clean heads and digitize and make sure all the lead acid batteries are being charged and discharged. I love VHS and I love filming on something that feels so tangible but it's not sustainable for me. Hopefully I'll change my mind in a couple years

@RockinEnabled 2 года назад

Sounds like some masochistic experience to me :D

@KRAFTWERK2K6 3 года назад

Protip: use the DV codec for capturing your VHS videos. It is Standard Definition anyway and the DV codec is an codec which allows you to non-destructively cut and splice at any point of the video file without destroying any keyframes and ending up cutting into a Group of Pictures because EVERY single frame is an actual stand-alone frame. And bitrate-wise DV codec is juuuust fine for VHS material too. These files can be edited with any editing software without having to use any special extra codec.

@romekatomek1507 Год назад

Stop spreading bullshit please. DV codec is very quality destructive, especially in NTSC.

@airdailyx 4 года назад

This was really cool to watch. Keep em coming!

@chriskaufmann655 4 года назад

This series is great! Looking forward to the next one!

@jaceyc9418 4 года назад

4:48 It quickly turned into a hostage asking for ransom video.

@raviwolfboy 3 года назад

Joker is hearing..

@tubetype9958 3 года назад

aren't you the guy who stole the chipmunks

@Bgoods 3 года назад

This was an amazing video. Great effort put in. Loved the overkill vhs rig

@connornyhan 4 года назад

Having just been the DP on a film shot on MiniDV tapes, and loving the aesthetic its given the footage, I gotta say, I love the influx of videos on older tape-based cameras.

@kennethrungsted7487 4 года назад

6:55 it just look/sound wrong with a good microphone to that picture .... its like the brain expect a different sound to that image

@dslrvideoshooter 4 года назад

I thought the exact same thing!!!

@charanjeetrandhawa3582 4 года назад

Yup, it's not quite the same! It's great to have a throwback to a time like this If you look at it objectively, it proves a point a few folks on here have said. Even with a poorish video, decent sound really can transform a video, and it's the one thing which on most phones/cameras these days, can be upgraded for not alot of cash.

@mikal 4 года назад

It was synced right, either. But yeah, it sounded wrong. I wouldn't use that audio.

@BLiu1 4 года назад

A creative way to dirty the audio up without introducing too much noise could be adding a heavy low pass filter and a subtle 60Hz hum. (but what do I know? I'm too young to have recorded on VHS)

@wichtelchen 3 года назад

@@BLiu1 replicating the sound without using a real VHS tape is indeed relatively easy. Bandpass at ~160-5000hz (not too steep!) is a good idea. But not enough to sound authentic. Very important: Get the most primitive dynamic compressor you can get. Set attack to lowest possible value and release to a high value. Yes, it will bumbs down sound alot on peaks, but most of these old camcorders had ugly "automatic gain control" mechanisms that worked like this. Noise, distorted mains hum and tape saturation effect would round up the result. Use a toy microphone, if you have one, and ensure the noise of the tape drive gets recorded too. :)

@third_beacon 4 года назад

It's definitely not the same thing! Plugins miss the most important ingredients: magic and shoulder pain! ;)

@macgeorgeproductions 4 года назад

This brings back a lot of memories. My first job in broadcasting was at a public access cable channel using that very camera.

@LearningCurveTech 4 года назад

I clicked on this video and saw you are at 500k!! Great job! That's an awesome milestone!

@Archytas-Leroy55 4 года назад

I like the look of the old stuff. Also those cameras were made like tanks. These new ones break if you sneeze to loud.

@rag.animations 3 года назад

Very calm voice & video, really refreshing considering tons of ADHD inducing videos of today.

@gopanski5330 3 года назад

This is aweswomee!! You should record those Retro Reviews with this camera to make it feel even more Retro

@songseakleng 4 года назад

Congrats for 500k 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@SamuelRush 3 года назад

To think I spent two days turning 4k 10bit footage into vhs style footage for my last video. All I needed to do was raid my parents basement!

@imark7777777 3 года назад

I hope that's a joke sort of. I know somebody who's writing a script for a short film that's going to involve different levels of video technology and wants to play around with the video effects to create that. In some ways I'm sitting here thinking it would be cool to actually do it on each piece of technology for all parties involved.

@SamuelRush 3 года назад

@@imark7777777 Yeah! I think it's worth exploring!

@Subparanon 4 года назад

Goes through the trouble of buying a vintage VHS camera, tapes, and all of the gear for it. Bypasses the VHS and the tape to record direct to SD card. Lol. He could have bought a 240 line CCD security camera and done the same thing.

@cinegeek 4 года назад

While I'm not totally sold on the results, this was a really fun walk down memory lane. I sure remember when... A really fun vid to watch! Cheers, Caleb.

@ianpcartoonr 4 месяца назад

Amazingly concise, helpful video! Really came in handy for my side project/hobby. Thank you for posting it!

@cabreracarolina 3 года назад

pls dont tell me that im the only one who saw this from recommendations 💀

@troysvisualarts Год назад

Excellent video given me a lot of ideas what I can do with my own old VHS cameras. Love the overkill upgrades you did to your camera too incorporating digital viewfinder/recording technology. Anyhow I'm a vintage video camera nut myself, have used many 80s era portapack VHS cameras making random videos since the early 2000s and I've lately been making videos with a mid 80s Panasonic NV-M3 newvicon tube VHS camcorder, will soon be uploading them to my channel. Keep up the good work.

@josericardogs1435 3 года назад

I'm still using VCRs today, to play old movies and record shows from tv channels, it's fun to use!

@imark7777777 3 года назад

I am partially thankful that I switch to a digital bassed system first DVD and then computer but I never know what to call it and explaining it to somebody is a pain so I decided to call it a VCR a video computer recorder. Then I go yeah I record TV with a vcr and they go okay I know what you're talking about and I say but it's not on tape. If it weren't for the lack of ability obtaining a decent quality VCR I would probably still be using one.

@CarFinanceSimplified 4 года назад

Love it!! My first experience of a video camera too when my dad borrowed one from work for the weekend. Happy memories! Must have been around 1987 as well!

@davideastham 4 года назад

Congrats again on 500K subs !!!

@DriLL3iT 2 года назад

So cool, nostalgia is the best feeling and this triggered it for sure. The overkill vhs setup is awesome!

@travistaylor3186 3 года назад

Excellent video. I love those giant vhs cameras so much.

@datenraten1983 4 года назад

Fantastic series Caleb, keep it up!

@andypantsowen 3 года назад

Outstanding video, Caleb! This is too good. The only bummer is all the work we have to go to now to make “plug-and-play” technology work again. The joy with the VHS camera was that you could remove the tape from the camera and put it straight in your VCR. I don’t think any tech has been SO easy to use since. DVD camcorders tried in the early 00’s, Flip Cameras circa 2008-2010, and Chromecast/AppleTV makes it so we can share our phones videos or RU-vid, but I do miss the days where literally anyone could do this. Great share!