get yourself a y2k camcorder | sony handycam dcr-sr42 video test

‘Ello❣️

just got a camcorder in so figured I do a little review/things you should know before buying a camcorder. I love this and I literally take it with me everywhere. Let me know if you have any questions!!

Lots of Love 💘
Connie

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#camcorder #y2k #videotest

[JayFolipurba]

You know you're getting old when the decade you grew up in becomes nostalgic

[Kapplerartbloomingdale]

I bought mine four months ago with the original box, cradle, and video cables. Excellent journalist - travel media recording! Beautiful focus.

[officialblimp]

I have a sony camcorder and i agree that there’s something about the quality that makes memories feel more authentic

[lukahmad]

You're so funny explaining its function and there is a lot of things I can relate cus I always clueless about those tech terms when I have to tell my friend about some features from some device too lol.

I found out about the amazing result of handycam videos but several 90s handycam that I found on youtube is using like mini tape, have to put it on the big tape converter or something, play it on vhs player, recorded it on pc and convert it to mp4 and that's such a pain. I'm so glad that you showed me this and now I'm so happy that there is 2000s handycam with old video style but stored in digital data. Thank you so much xD

[ANDREmang]

Just got me a JVC camcorder from online last week, but it uses cassettes and I need to transfer the footage via a digital converter as as well. I love the classic look, the more intimate look at memories, and the overall feel of the camera ! I’m with ya here.

[azurduy]

thanks for adding the test footage and A/B for sound. really helpful!

[margaesperanza]

I have this buried in my room for years, last time I used it was in high school and we were filming a tragic love story for English class. Seeing 14 year old me try to act like a villain was hilarious, they were good times! I don't think its Y2K though, since we used it near the end of the 2000s, but it does have that look that Gen Z kids go for these days!

[robwebnoid]

I have 2 camcorders, both bought in their heyday by my dad & both were used plenty. I now use them myself, although the older one is somewhat broken. The earliest one is the RCA CC300 from the mid 1980's, which uses a full-size vhs tape. And the later one is the Sony TRV66 from the late 1990's, which uses the smaller vhs-c cartridge. To convert them to computer files, a usb analog-to-digital converter can be used, which can be bought for cheap online. From there, you can also upscale & remaster the footage. There are programs & services that use artificial intelligence to upscale & remaster once you learn how to use them & then they will look as though they were shot from a modern digital camera/smartphone or possibly even better.

[MadGQ]

I inherited my family's old jvc everio gzhd3 hard drive camcorder and it records pristine FHD footage with top quality photos, it came with the bag, box, reciept, and all cables and a large battery and spare battery. Great camera!!

[yasmimszs]

I love the fact that this camera has a 2002 vibe, and that's what I'm after.
Hopefully soon I'll have my camera in hand.

[birknstock]

Smart choice on not getting the tape camcorder. They are way more expensive and you would have to get a couple of adapters for it to work with a new mac.

[evhvariac]

As soon as you said “the sticker is a vibe” I immediately subscribed

[TheAbandonedAccount]

I have a dvd model handycam that came out the same year as this, that I got as a kid back in 06. and wow, that footage quality is so nostalgic.

[DemonLord_is_Delusional]

My Dad bought this Camera brand new during the early 200s and he used it for car shows and etc, He now passed it down to me and it is negit older than me and i think its a cool piece of old kit.

[YumeBasil]

I used to have this camera from 7th grade to 11th grade, I remember using this to film a lot of horror stuff lol. I upgraded to canon soon after since I started to not like the camera anymore, but honestly looking back just brings back memories. This was last year LMAO

[PhilUpOnThis]

'07 is a very long way from Y2K. Closer to the 2010s imo. I was a junior in high school in 2007, and I filmed with digital point and shoots (and to a lesser extent MiniDV) which still shot horrible 640x480 video until 720p became a thing in 2009. To paint a clearer picture, Y2K era camcorders were things like SONY CCD-TRVxx series that recorded on hi8 and digital8 format camcorders before minidv tape started to take over. The former were characterized as looking like vhs tapes, while the latter looked very digital (although very low in resolution).

Mini-DV was on its way out and HDD camcorders like the one in your video were brand new around this time, but the quality is somewhat similar (this one is a lot clearer in comparison as I remember digital tape having weird digital+interlacing artifacts and really bad color, and general fuzziness). In 2007, DVD camcorders were the best quality, but the landscape changed around 2010 onward when full HD became more available and post 2010s when 4k became a thing.

[ADMBPR]

I bought that camera in 2007 to film my summer... Summer of my 18 year old self... Good memories. A lot of time has passed. I still own the camera. Haven't used it since December 2008..

[rzimbauer]

2:28 Hint: that's a Memory Stick Pro Duo slot, which was only used to capture still images because at the time, SD cards were wayy to expensive and slow to record video

[treyrey]

Lol just getting into vintage cams and this video was awesome

[monopolygamerrd]

I use a Sony MiniDV tape camcorder. I like to transfer my footage to a VHS tape rather than convert it to digital because that is how it was ment to be seen (the actual camera part is analog on older handycams like yours and mine). Plus it is next to impossible to find the USB or Fireware drivers for these things online.