The analogue video look is so closely associated with an era, the 1980s and 90s, that it's difficult to shoot anything today without evoking that time. It's such a visual timestamp, aesthetically speaking, it would be interesting to hear anyone shooting analogue for non-nostalgia reasons.

I love that analog look -- it adds a certain atmosphere and cinematic flare, while the digital camcorder just looks like plain old reality, which, ya know, I see everyday through the lenses of my eyes.

I think analog mediums are distorted enough that it almost captures the distressed nature of our memories and it feels more accurate to how we remember stuff

I love analog, it just makes things look cozy whilst the comparison in digital was kinda depressing haha I need the noise and the pixels and the sound distortion 😂

Thank you for bringing back the nostalgia for this analog device. I remember when I first started out in video with this Hi-8 format. The jump to the the subsequent digital generation of Mini DV was quite noticeable in terms of image quality and sound. Then when HDV and other HD formats came along, looking back to the old footage was almost unbearable. Today's 4K or 8K still didn't quite have the impact of the transition from the Mini DV to the golden HD generation.

Oh man, this took me back to high school, I used Hi8 cameras all the time, and the school had a dedicated player connected to an editing machine. Eventually, I got to use the newer Digital 8 camcorders, which used a firewire cable to connect to the computer for import. All the editing we did was in Adobe Premiere. There is a certain look to that old camcorder footage, and while it brings me back, I find working with my D750 for video today is far better. As for editing digital to look like analogue, not my thing, but your footage certainly makes me enjoy the look! PS: I came over to your channel after Lucy Lumen recommended it!

I love both images. I guess I have a soft spot for the hi 8 footage since I used it so much when I was younger. Thanks for the video!! Cameras and camcorders plus your sweet voice in California has caught my interest! Thanks again!!!!

Ahhhhh been waiting for this one! Thank you for uploading 💗 you literally were the reason I bought my sony handicam aha. I shoot film pics and personally I don't like editing film apart from a few color corrections but with digital videos I don't mind editing it to look like analogue videography but I guess it just depends on what equipment you have accessible to you 💗

Aww Audrie I love your passion for film. Seeing the difference was so cool and entertained. It’s so cool to see what each camera has to offer 💛

Another thing i found out is that if you get to find some old point and shoot camera, it can also do similar results to the analog camera when the resolution is set to vga (480x600). Still not the best or the same but to some extent it does the trick.

Love this. Very informative. Thanks Audrie ❤️❤️

MY DOG, those edit parameter girl, THANK YOU! Are amazing, I've been trying to do this forever, great video 💖💖

i gotta say i'm an analog girl! BUT i appreciate digital for its convenience. im conflicted about editing digital footage to look analog but because shooting on film/analog can be expensive i can understand.

Such a well presented video and love the analog look. Your voice / mic setup is a little ASMR like there's some high frequency lip sounds when you talk which took me by surprise lol. Cool that you showed the digitizing process and also how to make digital look more like the Hi8, but maybe don't need quite as much channel blur I guess but I still am not too familiar with the Premiere effects so it was useful to see

this is such a lovely content! Never thought watching you filmed I have learned something new💕 this is such a good vlog to watch out for😍

I already love it from the very start! Great content. I also remember (I was born in 84) around 1995 my uncle came home from Hawaii and he had an analog JVC camcorder and he taught me how to use it and I became the go to kid at that time to operate that camcorder. Peace

I still think mini dv is the perfect blend of new and old. Not so old that its hard to make out objects but not so new that you actually see too much

Great video! I actually have the same set up as you. I have a Sony HDR CX405 and just bought an older JVC camcorder. I first got the Sony digital camcorder first tho. I took a few vacations in LA & Chicago and wanted to vlog along the way! The videos on my channel are all recorded by my Sony camcorder. I recently wanted to experiment around with an older camcorder because of the classic look and how it seems more intimate, idk how to fully describe it. So I looked online and got a JVC camcorder from like 2000. I'm still trying to figure out how i'm gonna transfer the film to my laptop tho hahaha

I have this exact analog one, just started using it today, and I LOVE IT!!!

The playlist you made: Lofi Beats to put u in a good mood has literally gotten me thru my BSN, I graduate August 26th, and while i associate that playlist with pain and suffering, it pavlovs me into focusing

Thank you for the editing tutorial! I have been looking for a way to replicate the camcorder effect because I want to use it for my assignment. I am saving this for later.

i just found my dads old analogue cameras again, wanna get into analogue so this was really great! love your videos so much!

I appreciate this video!! Exactly what I am looking for!! Keep creating!! New subscriber here

WOW! I still use my Sony analogue camcorder and thought it was doing OK until I saw the quality of what is possible using one of the cheaper Sony digital camcorders. I also transfer my films to the computer via an analogue to digital converter. After seeing the quality of Sony's supposed low end digital effort, & how easy it is to transfer files, I am hooked. Just ordered one for myself. Excellent work Audrie.

Love the fuzzy feeling you get from film 🎥

Omg! I misssed you so much🥺❤️ thank you for this💐✨

Love it 📹🐰

The Sony handicam family line!

Nice video on the analogue retro look. I find that 8mm is nice to shoot in B&W. Take it home and tweak it in editing and you've got a nice film.

ahh yes, you uploaded

Just found your channel. Awesome😜

I'm 19, what I love about my old memories are how they are videos captured on analogue with the typical dad cam aesthetic. Nowadays it's too easy to just whip out the iPhone and take a quick pic. The quality seems clearer than my eyes and it just doesn't feel the same.

Thank you))) You are amazing🥰

FUN 👏👏The fam camcorder is 👌You guys are the literal so cutest! Love from down coast

its been a whileeee miss ur videos so much

Could you do a Newvicon vs CCD comparison sometime? I’ve never seen them compared side by side

there’s something about analog video that is enthralling! 👌🏽

My personal regards for this interesting video 📽️ a well done comparison between two eras. i own a Samsung 8mm Camcorder (bought in '95..It still works!). Emotional teardrops are unavoidable😪 have a nice day! Massi from Italy

Hey quick question, what cable do you insert into the camera because I just got the same camera for Christmas and want to digitize my footage

I have a the same type of Sony digital camcorder with touch screen menu,and got water proof housing too,takes great video.camcorders quality is so much better then a mobile phone for videos.the Sony hanycam came with pmb software.

Ahhh I loved this video!! How do you find the sound quality on the digital sony handycam?? I’m looking to buy that one to shoot some home movies with my family and I’ve heard the sound can be pretty staticky and not super clear (especially outside). What’s your experience been like?

Great video!!👍👍👏👏🔝

The hi8 just hits different 🔥

I use that same method with a capture card and OBS to transfer my cassettes to a digital format

Awesome video! How is the name of the file transfer cable that u use on a Handycam?

Audrie, please I need your help! That adaptor you have where you can put the usb input into firewire to import your Mini DV tapes, can you put a link to where you got it, or let me know how you found one, I have been pulling my hair out because I cannot find any such device!! Thank you!!!

Pretty cool you set up that camera before you left so it could get that shot of you coming in!

That analog camera is supeerr sick!!!

Is there a video camera which kinda has the look of the Hi8 but which works with a sd card? I have a camcorder for minidvds. I really like the look but most if the times the dvds do not work and they are very expensive… also I can also use them only for one time…

Did you use the Sony DCR-DVD810? That retro footage kinda looks like it.

I appreciate the work. I really do. But if to dig into the topic. I believe, the true comparison of analog and digital would be watching the cassette running through the best professional player or rerecorder (or whatever its name was at the time) just on the screen - meaning watching it through the shortest chain possible. Because the way many people do like that it's comparison of digital technology recorded with an analog camera against "digital" recorded with a digital camera. For example, that easycap usb thing (or whatever its nonamed name is) is a poor choice. Than another thing - it's just one of the few analog technology. What about film? You can't compare shooting movie on a film against digital consumer camcorder. When ccd sensors were growing we thought "wow, it's so sharp!", then the first HD came out and we thought "wow, it's so sharp!", Then Full HD came out and we thought "wow, it's so sharp!". So the pictures that were shot on digital stayed in res that were shot in. But movies that were shot on film were digitalized with big sensors. And we can watch them today like they were shot in 70,80, 90 on a modern digital movie camera. In 20 years the same movie will be digitalize with bigger sensors, and they will look modern. Guess what, movies that are shot today in Full HD will stay in Full HD. Yes you can process them with effects. But it's not the same.

What battery do you use for your hi8 cam? Mine was also given to me by my dad (pretty much the same model as yours) but the batteries are not holding charge anymore.

I have a Sony TRV 140 which I still use and just ordered the analog to digital device so I can start uploading previous and current recording to my iMac. I also have a Sony HDR as well as a 4K recorder but sometimes I just want that nostalgic look, I’m old school from the 8mm film days when I got my first 8mm camera 50 years ago to film my new born son🤣🤣

i would still pick digital over vhs just because the colours in digital look less washed out, colours are important to me. aside from that analog camcorders are really expensive and high maintenance and pretty much out of my budget. if I'm speaking like a layman right now its because i am one xD but if i had the budget id love to have both on hand, and id use either depending on what feeling i want to capture :)

The new ones look better than the old ones, but the old ones have more nostalgic feelings than the new ones.

Check out 16mm film cameras, I’ve been getting into the bolex’s and krasnogorsk-3’s

What type of battery do you use?I found my father's camera sony dcr-sx45e and I want to use it again. The battery is bad and I don't know which battery to use. Please guide me

how’d you get the analog footage on to computer

I feel like I need something that’s in between these too in terms of video quality!! The analog is too grainy/blurry for my liking but the digital is wayyy to crisp & lacks character. Any suggestions?!! 🥰

Do you have a link to the conversion adapter you use?? The link doesn’t seem to be working here

very nice video thank u

Does your camcorder have different resolutions? Have you tried comparing them? Is it more vintage looking when you use the lower res?

Hi. What is the name of the analog hi8 camera?

is tape recorder reusable or you need to buy another to shoot if its full? i really want to buy analog camcorders but this is kinda my consideration cause i already have analog camera and its really expensive to always buy a film

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I used to capture Hi8 tape via firewire PCI-e card to digital file for my school-university project, you'll get a really better video quality from Hi8 with the uncompress AVI with PCM lossless audio on Windows and Prores on MAC, compare using RCA output that was down streaming to USB and then was compressed again with OBS. With firewire card it will be separated into clips as you press the record too. Or even for better quality just use the DVCAM deck with SDI output then use Blackmagic Hyperdeck to capture. I have used it last years to restore some of miniDV tapes, after that upscaled to Full HD resolution. It was really wonderful quality.

What video capture software did you use?

can you do a side by side test between the hi8 vs vhs apps on the iphone

mbak, mana bagus digital optikal zoom dan digital zoom.

One recomendation I learned doing VHS capture to PC, if you have access to a video game console that can play 240p Test Suite, you can calibrate your capture card color, brightness, contrast etc I have an ElGato Video Capture, and after the calibration of Contrast and brightness the videos look really good.

Hi, this might be silly but do we need to use a different tape each time we film? And how or where do you purchase multiple tapes to keep shooting on this analog camcorder?

Maybe a better suggestion, if you want a better capture for 60 FPS (if that camcorder is NTSC anyways) and you don’t want to spend too much money, try to buy a DVD + VHS combo that have a DVD recorder on it, I think you could connect an S video cable to it and record

I think it's important to say that actually the hi8 camera records digital via a sensor and then saves this digital file to the analog cassette.

Hey, I bought a similar capture device. Do you know why my camcorder won't show up in OBS?

Oh my god. The analog just hits different

Sorry if you had mentioned it somewhere in the video, but what is the name of the program you are using on your laptop?

which sd card are you using for the sony one audrie?

The camcorders i like the most are the ones that use mini dv cassettes that are digital tapes but still are similar to vhs tapes. The colors are better but the quality is similar

I think that the failure here is the screen capture recording method. The proper way to do the transfer is to use a analog to digital video converter box like the Canopus ADVC 100 ($100 to $200 used), then go FW 1394 (firewire) to PC and end up with a DV or AVI file. Much more accurate display of what the analog 8 camera can do. But if one wants the easy way to do this, then fine OBS got the job done. But a pure digital conversion from analog via Firewire is the pro way to go.

Great video. Subbed...👍

I am thinking to buy a analog camera 😀

more content like thattt

I actually have an old jvc camera from the late 90s early 2000s and I have a fascinating with New York city was recorded with a camcorder in the early 2000s like skateboarding or just walking around before the 9/11 attacks and when I get a chance it's on my bucket list I wanna record myself rollerblading in New York. I record my life with this camcorder everyday its my life

me a 15 year old i decided it is time to continue the tradition of filming on tapes family vacation

*What's the exact model number of the Hi8 vintage camcorder ?*

How did you transfer your vhs to your computer???

Hi8 gives good vibes for some reason

You are amazing !

i love this video! haha i still film and buy cassette cameras. So i can relate to you.

Well i have an camera which is water proof (NOT AN CAMCOREDER) And the thing is when i just film or make pictures it gets really vintage and that’s what i love! But i really want an Camcorder! ❤ My cam is currently both of the cams you are showing ❤

Tip: when capturing analog video from those camcorders, capture in 60/50fps. Also if you want to make the effect more true film at 60/50fps

mmm the correct comparison would perhaps be hi8 camera versus digital8 camera, since being HD the one you put here changes even the resolution, and digital is not the same as HD.

What app do you use to record your tapes?

Can you reduce in camera the oversharpen effect of the analog camera?

Can you use a 8mm tape to record on a hi8 camcorder？

I like the background music What is this song called?

Nice cameras btw

Where can I find an analog camera ?

Hey, I am "modernising" an old VHS-C camcorder with a drone FPV DVR. I am hoping to be able to record analogue TVout signal, directly to Micro SD, with a sound channel. I am using a $13 eBay field recorder to capture digital audio off camera and am hoping to produce a very clean, but aesthetically satisfying video. I just stumbled on this video in my searches...