Retro camcorders are EASY to use in 2024 (full guide)

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0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Buying A Camera
8:15 - Capturing Footage: Method 1
11:12 - Capturing Footage: Method 2
16:31 - Dumping Footage: Method 1
19:20 - Dumping Footage: Method 2

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[Ebba-June]

I already have a Sony Hi8 cameras in original box with manual and all the stuff. Bought it new in 1999. Mine works fantastic. We made a video a few years back for a tourist place that was beautiful and they sold it in their shop for several years. The picture quality beats anything digital that we currently have... and we have decent equipment. Plus we can actually record while plugged in, making it much easier to film our instructional videos without battery problems. The best thing is, the video isn't going to be chopped up into sections... like digital camcorders do. We have lost so many sections over the last several months and then have to redo the whole thing... which isn't always possible. So we're returning to using the old Sony for our YouTube channel.
Thank you for going through the whole process and explaining each step so well... from purchase to recording and finally into editing. Hubby is really pleased that he now knows how we can use the old camera to make our videos awesome. ♥

[blainedonlon]

HOLY CRAP, being able to use an off cam recorder into a SD is unreal, it makes so much sense. thanks for this![

[elgranbandito]

i was stuck for days looking at models and different cameras, you really helped me out man, just bought a sony handycam today. Thanks!

[patcormick]

i feel like digitally recording vhs cams is like using a vhs filter... for anyone that cares, i think if youre looking to do this film with tape and convert. that way you get all the vhs glitch/ scroll that comes with a sick analog medium

[KelsomaticPDX]

You're a champ for this. Looking at getting a Hi8 camera and this made it so much easier to understand how to get rolling. Perfectly organized, succinct, and fun. Now I just have to pick a camcorder, haha

[ZachariahConnor]

I grew up with one of those Sony camcorders, so many memories captured on it. I'm trying to borrow it from my grandma to make some fun footage

[FilmSpook]

_Mega Zach Bro_ keeps taking it to *The Next Level!* 😅😎 Bless you, 🙏🏾

[JpBoudreaux]

Wake up (nonexistent) babe, new Zachy May just dropped.

Definitely something I am wanting to get into so thankful for the vid bro!

[davey_gravy]

You just demystified the entire VHS situation for me. 🎉 Amen brother

[aaden]

There is a even more budget way to record digitally using that digital converter and any adapter to a android phone. The digital converter is very similar to a capture card so using that with your ANDROID phone and an app you can record straight off the phone exactly like the second option. :)

[TVRCreators]

Really good Video that. I started with Hi-8 and mini DV tapes. I would use a Firewire to record the Video to my computer. This is something I might re-live at somepoint. Thank you again and keep going. 😊📸📽📽📹📹

[jorgem]

I bought a $15 vhs to pc gadget and it works perfectly to transfer vhs, vhs-c, mini dv, etc

[akiniti_periousia]

Saw your wallpaper. Instant subscribe 😂

[romankuhler]

Such a great video idea😄 next step - your own vhs aerobic course🔥 😄👍 but honestly that was cool.

[LiamMarskog]

If you already have a Atomos Ninja V for example you can always use a analog to HDMI converter and record using the Ninja V. This will ofc mean you have to also mount a converter and provide power to it but a converter is ofc much cheaper than buying a new dedicated recorder. Not as convenient but cheaper.

[chrisw]

Oh my god. There are people, people who are adults in this field who have never used tape.
Jesus christ, im old as hell.

[billkujawa]

I still have my Panasonic PV-GS65, Canon Vixia HV40 and a Panasonic S-VHS AG-455 but haven’t used them in years!

[Roskellan]

I like the Sony HDR-XR520VE, I have three of them. They use hard drives so loads of record time. I will run all three cameras at the same time on tripods and sometimes GOPRO's and a Insta360 as well. I have a wireless mic on one (one of the Handycams). I then use DaVinci Resolve to do my edit with whatever footage looks best for the moment I'm editing. DaVinci Resolve syncs them up altogether really easily.

[EmmanuilNovikov]

For the risky type, the untested ones can be gold, sometimes it just needs the head clean or a new battery other times its really just for parts

[Sb]

We have two VHS-C camcorders and a Hi-8. They've been in the family the whole time, we even have home movies on those tapes.
I haven't attempted to power any of them on, perhaps I should.