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thanks for the info Richard! very helpful!!

thanks troy! i have watched your videos for a while so happy to see you commenting. watched the video you sent the link to, looks great!

hi thanks for asking! watched the video and it seems like the system i use would be more Easy and faster, and there would be no disassembly or modifications, which i personally wouldn't want to do to one of my cameras. a cloner alliance is going to produce higher quality video and offers a lot of different features, and records to a USB stick instead of a digital video cassette. if you try to modify a camera like the guy in the video, you run the risk of it not working and then you might have destroyed the camera and that would be hard to sell/fix /get rid of. if you buy a cloner alliance and you don't like it, then you can just return it. here's the link to cloner alliance box pro which is what i use to capture video. www.cloner-alliance.com/cloneralliance-box-pro/?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1srexrzuiAMVoUT_AR3eSi9xEAQYASABEgKHIfD_BwE

thanks richard!! always happy to hear from you!!

Mine is having trouble with the picture mini crt displays a black screen with white static bands doing across when turned on. I’m desperate to get this thing working 🙏

Also please make a video going in depth and how to set up your on the go rig for this thing??

@@tdizzybeats7439thanks for asking!! i would love to help you get this camera working! have you tried plugging the video output of the camera into a monitor? I've had the experience with these kinds of cameras where the viewfinder doesn't work, but i plugged the camera into a monitor, and the actual camera works. if you have any more questions then please ask them, i really want to help you!

@@tdizzybeats7439i will also make a video about how i set up my system for powering and recording with this camera, outdoors. i will hopefully post it in the next few days.

I'm pretty sure it has an IR filter. I've messed around with the red and blue dials, and have got it to look pretty good, but it changes some times. every time i turn the camera on, i have to adjust the colors a little. the reason why it looks red in the outdoor shots is that since the camera has a black and white viewfinder, when I'm outdoors and i don't have a color monitor, i can't see the colors, so i can't adjust them.

i just posted an update on the camera a few days ago. if you watched it you can see that it's not going great. i am making progress on it, but i don't know when i am going post part two.

Hey-thanks for asking. I watch your videos, they are great! When I got mine, it already produced a picture and was fully functional. I did have to replace the infrared filter because it had rotted out and the picture was really foggy. Maybe check that your power supply is putting out 12v? I'll turn mine on this week and think about your problem and get back to you. I'll get back to you soon.

@@VHSLAND724 glad you enjoy my videos 🙂 yes the dredded filter rot. I managed to clear up a dxc3000 with that issue . I also have a Sony hvc3000p with the same rot but the filter is too far gone. It completely crystalized. Works with our it but you can't focus correctly. Depth of field is all messed up. My bench power supply is registering 12v but not drawing any amps.

​@@RetroGadgetMan Here is a link to a few photos of my DXC-1640: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/ukk61w1ml4irmv3nhq0fc/h?rlkey=lw0ftduhpxlsjpzvm2etv8iz2&dl=0 . I am pointing to the red and orange wires that come from the 12VDC input jack. I agree, it looks like it's connected to the pickup tube board. try removing the shield on the other side of this board, powering up the camera, and testing with a voltmeter at these orange and red wires for 12V. I found the pinout for a trinicon tube, and uploaded it to that dropbox folder. there is a yellow wire coming from the tube, which appears to be -V. I can't tell which tube wire is +V, but it's pin 9 of the tube. hopefully this can at least help you tell if the camera is getting power or not.

@@VHSLAND724 thanks for the pics. I did notice a bulging capacitor on this board. I changed it but it had no effect. I will pursue it further and make a video about this. It is a very interesting camera and there is not much info out there in the form of information or videos. I will make a video in the next few weeks with my findings. Thanks for your help.

thanks! the vc-305 does not use a proprietary connector. the connector it uses is called an EIAJ connector, which is a universal connector that was used on hundreds of video cameras from the late 60s to the late 80s. i have several of these power supplies and they are not hard to find. you can just search on ebay "EIAJ power supply" and you will find lots of them. as for composite video out, most of the older power supplies from the 70s have a big connector that has a thread, this is called a UHF connector. some of the newer power supplies from the 80s just have regular RCA out, but if your stuck with the UHF connector then you can buy a UHF to RCA adapter. if you are going to buy this camera i will warn you because when i bought this camera i thought i was getting a really old and rare camera, and when i got it i realized that it was very poorly made, so poorly made that the microphone completely fell apart! it does not have an electronic viewfinder and when i turned it on and plugged it into a monitor i got no video out of the camera at all. i do not buy cameras from brands that I'm not familiar with anymore. they're usually lower quality.

@@VHSLAND724 Thanks so much for the information. I’ll have to do my research on EIAJ power supplies! As regarding the low build quality, I do have several other tube cameras (including a bulky 3 tube model) already and I was just looking for a cheap BW one that I can play with & modify. Looks like there’s a lot of unused space inside the VC-305 according to your video so it’s actually perfect for my purposes. Just hope mine will turn on 😂

@@VHSLAND724 Hi again! I've tried to locate the power supplies that you've mentioned ("EIAJ power supply" ) but I have failed to find any results with that keyword. Can you specify the keywords I might search for? Thanks again.

@jangbi08 i did some searching on ebay for power supplies and the search terms that worked for me are "vintage RCA EIAJ camera power supply." also, good news! after you mentioned the vc-305 i decided to get the camera out again to try to diagnose the problem of the camera not making a picture. i disassembled it and inspected the two circuit boards and found the problem. the problem was cracked solder joints on the circuit board. the connector for the wire to the target of the vidicon tube had completely gone cold. all i had to do was re-flow the solder joints for the connector and a few other solder joints on the board which i noticed were cracked. i tested it, and the camera is now outputting a black and white picture! all it took was a half an hour and the camera is now working great. I've found a power supply listing that will work with the vc-305. if you want to check that out: www.ebay.com/itm/275953057027?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20221115143614%26meid%3D1699684211f447c8a875021331752b3a%26pid%3D101616%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D275953057027%26itm%3D275953057027%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D4375194%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2SignedOut%26brand%3DQuasar&_trksid=p4375194.c101616.m5481&_trkparms=parentrq%3A4316a49118a0ad919afbabd5fffffa4a%7Cpageci%3Ab8110132-46ae-11ee-8b89-8e4f6145ce69%7Ciid%3A1%7Cvlpname%3Avlp_homepage