It actually looks very good for the age, even acceptable in today’s standard

I remember those days!!! My first HD cam was the Sony FX1, HDV to be precise. I still use modern camcorders as for my projects I need motorized zooms for event work, and they STILL have infrared remotes and some do have IR modes as well, even with 4K cameras!!!

Great video. I personally own and use many of these old 8mm units and love them. All still fully working and the joy of owning a camera again that I remember buying new back in 1999 is awesome fun. Very informative video for people and you should definitely use it more on the odd video or two as these old units deserve to keep going! Subscribed! 👍

YES FINALLY AN UPLOAD. I live in the UK and only just got your siracha documentary. I'm watching it on Friday. I'm EXITED. Live your videos!

That's a lot of adapters to get it working! I'm glad we don't have to deal with a lot of the "quirks" this has nowadays but this is still pretty cool! Good job, Griffin!

Love it! I just picked a dcr-trv480. Had to order the i-link to 800 / 800 to thunderbolt cables. Can't wait to shoot some retro videos!

This has been a trip down memory lane....we used mini DV tapes back when I was using a camcorder.....and the FireWire cable.....had totally forgotten about that too. This has been an interesting episode

It looks cool in modern times mixed in with HD video. for sure make home videos 😀 which reminds me that I'm really considering getting a super 8 film camera for fun!

This was fun! You should try a 40 year old camera next!

I remember these days when we all use MiniDV tapes and not memory cards

The 120 is my go-to camcorder! I love it!

I had this camera. My in-laws got it for us when we moved away when I joined the Navy. It was a great camera with lots of features. Fun fact about that night vision, it could be used to “see through cloths”. Look it up, I think you need a IR filter or a piece of film.

This is awesome!!

Bring Nick back! As a regular audience member, I find it almost unwatchable without his charming presence.

At university, we used the Sony DSR-PD150. I remember the tape deck just to get your footage from the tape to the computer was more expensive than most modern cameras. I did the same trick for shallow depth of field. We did have some manual controls on that one though, thankfully.

aww the film fighting days! should have opened up with the video haiku "Name's Griffinity"

If I ever need to get footage off of my old MiniDV tapes I'm going to need a setup like yours. I'm working on a 2017 iMac. I used to have a Mid-2010 Mac Pro until it clonked out early last year. Still, I'm glad I don't have to deal with TAPES anymore! Man Alive, was that just a hassle! Good thing I got my one MiniDV feature film all finished and released two months before the Mac Pro died. For the record, I used to use a Sony DCR-VX2100 which was pretty unremarkable, but at least shot in widescreen.

My dad had one of those camcorders Well in 2000 my parents got that as a wedding gift from my uncle when they got married . They have used from 2000-2008 they have shoot a lot of footage such as my great-grandpa’s 80th birthday, me as a baby, and a few of our pets from the past such good times!!!!

I like theses 8bit câmeras more than “4K things.

Also, I want to point out, your current mac DOES have thunderbolt. Those ports are Thunderbolt 3 ports, which use USB-C connector and also support USB. Not every USB C port is thunderbolt, but yours are.

I love that your kid will be able to look back and see your progression through filmmaking, and then being able to see this and see you reflecting back on your own growth - is that meta? Kinda wanna dig my Sony Handycam out now. I bought it for a holiday trip to India and was going to make a short documentary/vlog but never did (still got the footage somewhere though). Digital tape was kinda phasing out then and solid state (mainly SD card) storage cameras were on the up. I remember taking forever to decide which to buy and, after buying it, wished I'd gone for the latter (these Handycams were much bulkier by comparison) but, as you've shown, these cameras had options that the SD card cameras didn't, such as 20 to 30x optical zoom and infra-red (i found these quite handy). Now we can do lots more with our phones and, unless looking for that professional style, don't really need to take cameras with us. I wonder what camera tech will be availble to your son when he's 16?

This is what I used to shoot and edit my first films here on KZfaq back in the day (2005-2008)

Very good. I have subscribed

Loved it..Thank You, I have the Sony Hi8 ccd3200e 30years old and still in prime condition. It has full manual iris, shutter speed Zoom etc. Iris goes from 1.6 to 18 . To get footage onto my mac I copy to dvd recorder the rip those to hard drive. Much better quality than any of those usb attachments also it gives me dvd copies of footage for archiving. Great videos thanks again from Cork Ireland.

Duuude, is this the camera you use for FilmFights! A relic!

Yeah, last month I managed to use a HDV (Canon HV20) camera as a webcam for Zoom. Spent two weeks looking for a proper IEEE 1394 cable. Usually it is 6 pins on 4 pins. I needed 4 pins on both ends. And yes, camera released in 2007 gets better image than laptop webcam.

i have one of these, i usually rarely use it due to the vhs crt feature being broken

Where the hell have you been!? We missed you

Same thing happened to me with this camera, but mine was being stored and forgotten at my mom's garage! now l am in the "turn it on to see if it works" stage. Luckily, now they are selling new usb cables on it to connect it straight to the usb c ports of the computers. Hope mine works too :)

I have (i guess) the next newest version of this camera... a miniDV version of this Sony. Also ieee1394 firewire 🤔

This is very interesting and perfect timing. I actually just posted a video about how to get a Hi-8 (or any tape camera) into your phone! You can record and also live stream from these old tape cameras directly through your phone. I did it with different adapters than what you used, but it really works. Just look two videos back on my channel.

I had almost the same version.....it so crazy to think when importing footage you had to play it and it would capture it live no just loading it from the memory card....... does yours have cool effects like sepia tone and cinematic bars top and bottom.??? I got a wide angel adapter for mine and polarizing lenses back in the day.....

I had a very similar camcorder. I was so done with interlaced video, deinterlacing never worked for me.

I start with one like that it was awsone...time fly

Did you have to download any driver to connect the camera to the pc?

I am your fan Since INDY MOGUL.

I can't believe you didn't de-interlace it and show it properly. lol...come on Griffin :)

Pleased show us the nightvision mode!

yo lo utilizo aun las cámaras video 8

Hold on Griffin, are you telling me you are using a zoom camera as a zoom camera?? 😆😂

please do a video on how to transfer the dv tape using FCP now! I have over 200 of this to transfer. special made with canon hdv camenera. 20 hi 8 of a Sony like your and 30 standard dv. je a lot. !!!!!

Hello there Griffin I am very tempted to purchase the Panasonic S5 before I purchase the Panasonic Gh5s. The problem is the Autofocus.

I have an old sony model very similar to yours. It has a firewire 400 connector that used to connect to my old mac, no longer. So I order a cable from China that has a USB cable. When I connected to my Mac, though, neither FCPX nor iMovie seem to identify the camera... oops! How did you manage?

7:51 do you know where to buy that light separately? thanks again for this video!!!

Hi Griffin …I came across this film called…computer chess by Andrew bujalski….they used a Sony AVC-3260….and that film has been playing in theatres….don’t know how did they upped the resolution…also there was a film called Festen released in 1999 in Germany…they used a Sony DCR-PC3..I don’t know and can’t seem to find any source as to how did they got the print for a film theatre….maybe they just used a telecine to print the output on a real 35 mm celluloid roll…like they used to in the 1940s at the beginning of TV….I would like to shoot a short film too with a VHS vibe….with real VHS equipment.. But how do I get it into a film theatre…can you please help…..

Why????????????????

Why is it SD? My TRV-260 was HD? And Widescreen. I recorded over FireWire.

Sony still make camcorders with remotes and night vision. Sony AX100

I still have my Canon HV20 but couldn't figure out the firewire situation to USB

You should add links to get these adapters.

i have a miniDV sony dcr pc110 from the year2000

10:50 wow he ZOOMIN

2:02 480×4÷3=640. 720 is what it actually is, with 8:9 pixels.

Just watched another video show digital 8 and the pixels are low crappy for far viewing ? I filmed a dance at a theater once and i was like whoa this looks so bad so lucky i had two nights to film took my hi 8 cam and used the digital 8 for taping much better.Sony did this cause they were worried about the mini dv and more expensive camera's being hurt if found out thanks Sony !

Night vision was the original "low light performance"

All my homemade porn was recorded on a Sony digital 8

Actually you are way out of focus... and no joke, this would look amazing in a 1990 tube tv. You have to try that out.