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The VHS-C Camcorder Experience! - Garage Sale Finds
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ส.ค. 2024
- I found a VHS-C camcorder at a garage sale and it took me back to my early days of making videos. Let's unbox and explore it!
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:14 - The VHS-C Camcorder
09:53 - Coleco Quiz Wiz
13:38 - Direct Capture from the Camera
14:59 - Testing the VHS-C Tape
16:47 - a e s t h e t i c
18:26 - Outro
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I'm not against a full video with the VHS camera. The vibes man, the vibes.
Totally agree. I think we should have a full video of it. It would be so cool.
18:45 says that he doesnt want to
@@SubtotalAnt8185 i think we all would really like if he did it though. I think we all would be happy.
I was binge-watching a bunch of your older videos last night and it was such a relaxing experience. They're so entertaining and honestly they remind me of my childhood when my cousin and I would spend hours and hours on our grandparents' old Windows 95/98 computer in the downstairs den. Your videos recapture that feeling of just talking and chilling with an old friend. Thanks for the great content, Michael!
I'll usually purposely don't watch his videos for a while, just so I have a bunch of content I can use as a sort of white noise for sleeping. It's awesome
Ok.
Hi!! I’m a professional photographer and i think the reason the original owner had the film in it because we tend to put whatever camera we’re using in the same bag :) My camera bag sometimes has my DSLR, my film camera, and my polaroid all at the same time, with lenses, and film lol, which im sure you’ve figured out or do yourself anyways and probably didnt need it explained haha
My grandfather had one of these many many years ago, I'm not entirely sure what happened to it, but I remember messing with it when I was younger. Very nostalgic, thanks MJD!
My family had this exact model! Man, the memories just came flooding back.
I remember it being sooooo cool when I was finally deemed responsible enough to be trusted to operate it by my parents.
I still have my Panasonic VHS-C camcorder ever since 2000-ish, and it still works fine! Just bought a cleaning tape for it around New Year's this year on eBay! Want to film on it again for the nostalgic aesthetic😁👌
that direct capture is not bad at all. Better than some webcams 20-30 years later.
I used a VHS-C camera through a Dazzle to act as a webcam for a while. Got to be too annoying keeping it powered and set up though, just due to bulk.
It's the retro version of the whole using a DSLR with a capture card as a great webcam.
I'm so glad you got a good unit! Looks like it could just use a head cleaning. Make sure you're recording in "SP" mode too for the best picture and sound. I've had 4 of these 90's era Panasonic Palmcorders over the last 5 or 6 years. Unfortunately, every unit I bought was littered with dead/stuck pixels in the sensor.
Probably some capacitor replacements necessary.
I did it to my two Super Nintendo's as well as all my game cartridges, just to be safe. Took a while to replace those old capacitors, but it was well worth it imo.
Yes another Palmcorder owner ! I own four or five of them myself ; one being of the Quasar branding. I used to do videos on my channel with them when I first started out. You could get some really nice footage with them with the proper capturing methods. Some of them had better microphones than others I noticed. It seemed the older models had a better mic. Mine thankfully only have maybe only one or two dead pixels. They seem to be mreo common with VHS-C camcorders compacted to 8mm. Mini DV I've noticed some dead pixels on too. Anyway, neat to see another Palmcorder user. Ciao !
@@Der_Kleine_Mann Replacing capacitors for no reason is just a way for the average person to damage their PCB. Don't replace capacitors unless they are clearly bulging/leaky or you have a way to actually test them. Recapping just for the sake of recapping is this horrible trend that has taken over. It seems to be like the one thing every amateur video game collector/camera collector/electronics enthusiast repeats like a mantra. "Oh, you just need to replace the caps, that'll fix it." Just awful, awful advice. Especially on good quality printed circuit boards, you're way more likely to damage the pads and/or lift traces trying to replace the caps than just leaving them alone. If you know for a fact a capacitor needs to be replaced, then get the proper equipment to do it (which means getting a hot air gun or hotplate for pre-heating, and then a vacuum desoldering station... you *can* use solder braid but you need a really good quality iron, good quality flux, and you need to actually know how to use braid which it seems about 50% of solderers don't).
WOW. I remember these things. I had one back in the day. I loved that thing.
Let’s get a full video with the camera, I love that audio it gives a 90’s feel
finally one of my favorite youtubers cover one of my favorite analog formats of camera! I love VHS/Analog content!
That's awesome. I still have my VHS-C camcorder in my storage room. I have some lego videos on tape that I recorded with it when I was a really young kid before I got a digital camera to make videos (this was around 2006 or so) also side note what is going on? You have the exact model of VHS/DVD player that I have too, which i used to transfer my VHS-C tapes to DVD!
How could you not like this thing! It has the perfect feature for dads: that gigantic zoom knob! Dads back then really liked to zoom in and out all the time 😀
The Quiz Wiz reminds me of a similar device I had as a child. It was a globe with an integrated game portion, laid out almost identically to the quiz whiz, that would ask geography questions over a very tinny speaker. Really miss all the whacky dedicated electronic devices that are now basically all expressed as apps
I remember using a VHS-C camera in the 90s, but that monstrosity was a much bigger and older model by Philips, if I remember correctly.
It had a monochrome viewfinder that I think was a tiny CRT but I may be mistaken about this, and I was always mesmerised by the VHS-C to regular VHS adapter.
Excellent find. I personally go for the RCA VHS and VHS-C camcorders, myself. I use them to do authentic recordings on VHS and VHS-C and then upload it to my channel.
I found a complete video kit for just $10 at a Church sale years ago. The sad thing is is that several personal family videos were left behind inside the carry case too. It makes me wonder what happened to the family that were in the videos. There was a man, his wife ,and their young teenage son and daughter in the videos that were made in 1986-87 as well as their home. If only there was a last name given I would have loved to return the videos to them. It makes me somewhat depressed as I hope that they are OK and not dead. That would explain why the videos were left behind and probably gotten at an estate sale somewhere. 🤔😕
Wow that VHS look is iconic - and why would you even bother trying to fake it when you have such a cool tool :)
About a year ago, I got 2 panasonic palmcorders. One is a PV-IQ305, an the other one is a PV-D29. I paid $20 for the pair and they are in great shape, they work 100%, and they came with all of the accesories minus the tape adaptor. On my TH-cam channel, I actually used them to make some of the videos.
After a long time seeing this feels really amazing! And $25, wow! I wish it could be the same as previous days 😅
My mom gave me the old family cam corder a couple of weeks ago (I like collecting old tech 🤷♂️) and it’s a very similar JVC model. Even got a few VHSc tapes with it.
I had a JVC model as well! Got mine in 2004 (yeah, really late lmao) and I remember taking mine and recording my city's christmas lights in '04
@@yamigekusu Is not really late. Everyone was still using analog cameras even in TV stations until very late 2000s like 2009 and 2010.
In 2005 in Spain everyone was still using Betacam SP which was a analog format for broadcasting in the TV and guess what Betacam SP was created in 1986, by 2009 it was still the most used format in the Spanish television with Digital Betacam a later format introduced in 1993 that was digital.
@@yamigekusu By 2007 everyone was using analog cameras like Video 8/Hi8 or VHS with Digital 8 and miniDV two most famous digital formats in the consumer market. For the case of Digital 8 and miniDV a lot of people was using them even in the early 2010s (me and my parents also).
@@Joscraft_05 the model I had was old by 2004. The last thing I remember recording on it was a nighttime drive through my city's downtown, scattered with elaborate Christmas lights, with John Mayer's "Daughters" playing in the background
I've bought VHS-C camcorders from Goodwill, before, and they're very cool. I've also bought some brand new factory sealed blank VHS-C tapes from Goodwill. After I bought some aftermarket batteries and power adapters for them on eBay, they're very fun to play around with. I've also bought some AV cables and an EasyCap capture card so that I can capture the video from those VHS-C camcorders and VHS-C tapes and transfer them to my computer.
The fact that the recording part is called a e s t h e t i c made me laugh XD
Things like that are the ones I like of your videos, keep them coming ^^
I would definitely watch a full length video recorded on that camcorder lol
I remember getting a camcorder that records onto cassettes that came with a cassette that also had family footage of their christmas day, iirc it was from the late 80s/early 90s. The last time I played the tape it was getting pretty rough and it's probably even rougher now.
What a throwback, wonder if my grandad still has these cameras somewhere. Remember one of them being the model seen in BTTF.
Wow that was so nostalgically exciting to see vhs footage of your studio.
It was like I am a child again or something.
I've converted some Hi-8 Tapes at work a few weeks back and holy sh*t!
The audio quality of those tapes were somehow pretty good. (somehow rivaling my mom & dads MiniDV camcorder, and yes it was a sony handycam)
and most tapes were still in good condition as well. (although 2 tapes were just completely dead and only static-y)
Damn we had the earlier version of this growing up (after we had the RCA one that needed to be attached to the VCR to record). B&W Viewfinder, but otherwise very similar. I thought the compact cassettes were so damn cool, and how you put it in the adapter thing and the motors pull the tape in and everything..so cool. Especially coming from the old RCA... you literally needed to put the tape recording section in a backpack or use a shoulder strap with the camera tethered to it.
I don't think yours is recording ideally, the line at the bottom and the funky audio isn't quite normal. I mean, it is almost 30 years old so makes sense
Oh man, that remote would have been great when I was recording Lego star wars (yeah, I did that in 1989, I should have patented it) stop-motion videos. Trying to hit the record button each frame without wiggling the camcorder was a nightmare.
I know other channels I watch record on VHS then record direct audio. I’d suffer through a full video though because I love the aesthetic of VHS.
This channel gets closer to Dankpods eveyday and I love it.
heh, my family still owns a trusty Sony camera from i think around 1992-1994, still got tapes of families and late relatives. Still works, still does things.
AV cable + AV to USB + OBS = A live feed of the camera which can be used for live streams
Nothing drives me up the wall more than the fake/stock VHS effects you see everywhere now. They're not even close lol
I like your Ethics when it comes to old equipment. of making sure not to show someones stuff. also a reminder for people that have good intentions to recycle, however. its important to remember to delete all old stuff. as it may wind up in the hands of someone other then Michell MJD who does the right thing. sure brings back memories of my Grandma, she had one like that
As the hardware guru dealing with donations back when we had a user group... yeah. Have deleted a great deal of personal data. Have also recovered a few personal files and given them back to someone who was very surprised and gratified to have them off their "dead" PC.
@@Reziac People [mostly back then] i dont think realized a dead pc in some cases, the hard drives were not the problem
Quiz Wiz was my fav. Thanks for the memories.
Shooting a 8 min video using the VHS camera is actually a nice idea! Imagine filming a video where you use Windows 98 on the $5 98 PC and you try to connect to the old net using a modem just for nostalgic purposes 😅
I used VHS-C on my channel for a bit. I actually have quite a few Panasonics just like yours. I always hated how bad the audio was on some of them. Yours has better audio compared to the four I own LOL. Using a 500 or 600 pound fishing magnet will erase any tapes you have. So If you don't want to record over a tape, you could completely erase them when you need to. You just rub the magent around all the sides of the tape a few times and it will all be gone. A trick of the trade I learned from having limited tapes for a while starting out. I will say, I like VHS-C for how easy it is to put into a VCR or to capture, but 8mm tapes look better and have double the run time. I'd also recommend cleaning your tape head on that camcorder. It looked like it was struggling a little bit when you played back that recording you made. There's plenty of videos on how to clean heads and you may even already know, so I'll save you the time reading. Anyway, enjoy your next camera ! You can get some really good looking video with them.
I actually still have an old camcorder that I purchased myself from Walmart back in June of 2000. However I actually still have an old VHS C tape that my mom taped of me when I was still a kid in school that's dated for October of 1994 back when I was just 10 years old. It's actually still playable today 28 years later with the proper equipment. The very last time that I used a camcorder for anything practical was when I graduated from high school in May of 2002. Apparently not many people had smartphones with cameras still in 2002.
It's fights in time travel Aswell! but I can't believe people use VHS in 2022! Keep up the good work! (Suggestion: windows 11 Developed stages) :)
This is so entertaining to watch. Thank you so much Michael!
I have the exact same camcorder that I also found at a thrift store. I’ve taken it to quite a few conventions and had a great time filming with it.
Probably needs recapping soon, but that 90's tech is pretty solid, so it's well worth it to replace those old capacitors.
I just threw this exact thing in the trash. Have the adapters and everything. I’m sure it had some family stuff on it but we just didn’t wanna deal with it. Now I love to find what to do with the 15, 33 mm film canisters we have. I understand they’re very expensive to develop.
I own a Panasonic Palmsight VHS C Camcorder that I use regularly. Its such a great camera and anything Panasonic is just good quality. I love this thing and I hope you have so much fun with that thing as much as I have fun with mines.
RF capture some tapes and have some real fun with VHS-Decode!
Full vhs video sounds great.
Great camera for going to the backrooms. Make sure you bring some almond water.
i still have my dads full size sony vhs camcoder that came in the big plastic briefcase. i still use it
I had one of these! I even still have the case! I use it for my DSLR now.
Wait WTF I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE REMOTE
Recently found one in my parents house. It was nice seeing videos from when I was a kid
Camcorders. Man, I did have a Sony Handycam DCR-DVD92 in a long time. Still needed a mini DVD R/RW disc to record and take photos because this looks nicer. Unfortunately my old mini DVD’s are broken and lost so, it’s just lost media.
Ahhhh the vhs footage is so good I love it
This morning I was searching up vhs and watched things about a vhs and the vcr and randomly today you post about a camcorder with (VHS) 😂
I totally forgot about Quiz Whiz! Before I was allowed to have a Nintendo, my parents made me "have fun" with multiple Quiz Whiz cartridges. Mine was a newer model made in the early 90's by Tiger.
One thing not mentioned: Does that camcorder give any recording speed options? Our old VHS-C camera had 2 recording speeds, with the longer speed being quite horrible quality as I remember.
Great Video!
Are you going to develop that 35mm Roll of film? Along with the VHS-C Tape?
Would be awesome to and see if you can give the photos to the original owner where you bought the camcorder and tape from at the garage sale.
WOAH! Hey Cathode Ray Dude, I think we have a micro color CRT in the viewfinder here! Those are rare!
16:47 Last known footage before Michael was lost in the Backrooms.
Honestly a full video would be awesome!
You could do some outdoor filming with this camera.
Mjd you should definitely use the VHSc full time
I just made a film using my VHS-C camcorder yesterday!
i love vhs-c cameras
I hope when you go to a retro tech conventions you'll use that to record your tour from there and maybe post it online....
One cool video with this camera would be to try recording a full video with it and use AI to improve the image and audio quality, just to see how far we can improve this setup.
I would prefer a retro-tech TH-camr in the ocean to the astronauts in the ocean👍. It sounds much more fun😁.Thank you for the video.
I'm curious about what you do with the found footage. Do you erase it to be lost forever or archive it digitally before erasing it?
You should record the tape and give the person you bought the camcorder from a usb drive with a copy of it. Memories are so valuable and i'm sure they'll appreciate it.
Unfortunately the people I bought it from weren't the original owners of it
Wow, having to watch some videos captured on VHS just brought me memories. Technically it's not VHS but I have one lonely 8mm tape that has footage of my First Communion party. The worst: I don't have the camcorder and I don't have the way to watch it, my main initiative is to transfer the content to, say, DVD and by this way watch it. I Can't believe that camcorder has my age. Good videos, greetings from Mexico.
Our local Walmart has machines for tape transfer, maybe check there, or anywhere that does photo processing?
@@Reziac Sorry to tell you this, but I live in Mexico, and here, every day are less people dedicated to do transfers.
@@hectormiguelperezgomez6612 Yep, I noticed that (Hola!) but thought it worth checking out places you might not have thought of. Good luck!
Next up would be a DV camcorder...well no...a Betacam SP!
The documentaries made with that camera better be narrated like old videos of the day. Now that's what we call retro
Feels weird watching VHS footage on a 4k youtube video 😅
0:30 that filter looks more like 8mm or super 8 with the rounded off edges.
we got that instruction manual with "detailes"
The good crisped sound from a camera. Do it.
Do a whole video on the camcorder it would be a awesome experience
The audio, honestly, sounded like you had recorded in SLP or maybe, since the tracking was also off, that the audio track portion of the tape was damaged? I'd check that adapter, too, to make sure everything is aligning correctly. On the other hand, I've never used VHS-c, only full-sized VHS, but that stereo mic suggests better audio quality than what we are hearing. Maybe that's why they stopped using the camcorder. 🙂
I've watched so many backrooms analog horror videos that I can no longer watch vhs footage without feeling anxiety.
I love garage sale finds, it's so random
wow I have that exact camera somewhere in storage.
America: Normal school noon
Netherlands: it’s f***ing 8:10 little kids r sleeping rn tomorrow u have to get up at 7
The audio wasn't that bad back in 94 because i used to record my cds to vhs
maybe the audio heads have gone or the part of the tape
VHS-C is what memories were made with.
My parents had a different camcorder, but the exact same carrying case (except for the branding which was different) !
Wow didn't even fall in to the backrooms when recording on the camcorder. :p What kind of October video is this?
I have a similar unit, which unfortunately got a tape stuck in it early in its life and therefore does not work...
The batteries probably are AA NiCads inside the battery packs, thus replaceable if you're solder-handy.
I found a similar Panasonic VHS-C camcorder at goodwill few days ago, but it doesn’t have a tape and don’t know if it works.
Yes, record a whole video with that
Oh my, A Vhs camera!. My family used to have one when i was little. Shows my age and how much times have changed since i was little!
Ps: maybe you could shoot a spooky video with the camera for halloween 😛
I wonder if the people that you got that from knew it had a tape and what was on the tape. For all we know a family member in that footage had since died and they may appreciate having a copy on a modern platform.
hi mjd!
Please do a full video with this camcorder 🎥
Pity you didn't get that new VHS-C tape though, the old one looks to have been used a lot. Maybe adjusting the tracking on the playback device will help, it sounds (and looks) a bit off. Might also be worthwhile cleaning the head.
Egads, no, do NOT do "head cleaning" -- that's how heads get ruined.
You should also do a live stream where you play the quiz game and you tell us the questions, and the majority of people that pick an answer. You can answer for us. I think that would be really cool. Maybe don't film it on the camcorder though, because that would be really hard. I would want a separate video for that one.
It looks like the heads on the camera need to be cleaned and possibly adjusting the tracking.
May want to give that camera a good head cleaning. For most of the parts you can use cotton swab but for the head drum don't use cotton swab as those can damage the heads. From what I've read you can use a piece of clean paper soaked in iso.
Of coarse I suppose you could not clean if if you like that dirty heads VHS look. But perhaps clean the non moving parts which might improve the audio quality at least. (though if it supports Hi-Fi, then audio comes off the video drum too so you'd have to clean it anyways)
Taking it apart and replacing the belts might also be something worth considering. Though I own a full size VHS camcorder and mine doesn't use belts and the VHS mech is built like a tank so not something I'll have to worry about. (the trade off is that it's got tons of SMD mounted caps that will need replacing. :( )
So maybe you are lucky and got one that doesn't use SMD caps AND doesn't use belts. If it's a mid 90's camera it might have SMD caps...Hopefully not though since all SMD caps I've seen from that era are starting to leak now. :(
i own a avermedia ezmaker 7 & VHS-C Camcorder for my project
Micheal slowly turning into 8 bit guy???
You sound like Bob Sagat on VHS.