I don’t have this camera anymore but I do have a Sony pd170 and pd150 which are practically the exact same as vx’s. So I’ll have to look in those menus to see. But great idea with the zooming out method. I guess the only reason the camera would really turn of is if f your filming on a tripod for an extended period of time or filming fisheye for skateboarding.

@@brandoncameracollection Definitely going to be the same in terms of how they work, I reckon! Yeah I mentioned the zoom out on a vid I did about the MRC1 a while ago, when filming fisheye, something I drummed into my brain whilst filming out and about. Unfortunately there isn't quite an exact work around for someone with a tripod and possibly away from the camera beyond the 5 mins.

Good tip. Thanks.

Usually if you turn the audio off on the clearclick it stops

No unfortunately I sold this camera a while back

Glad you enjoy 😊 you are able to run it without a tape although I know some cameras the no tape icon will show up in the footage and some it won’t. So I’m not sure if the vx2000 will

Yeah you can tell there is a difference it’s huge but you can definitely tell

Better colors and cleaner feed. Separate channels vs composite

You could try a different av cable. Try just an audio cable to minimize the amount of cable you have. amzn.to/4cLO8eE

From what I heard is you need a rca to hdmi cable for it to work www.amazon.com/dp/B09WRF8KXZ/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_621KWPSXN6ATB8GKS0VV?linkCode=ml2&tag=bimpy960ac-20

Yes you can use this with a vx1000 as well. And yeah I have tried it with s-video it’s just kind of messy with the 2 cables

They can be a bit finicky usually if you have an issue you can email clearclick and they will help you with any issues your are having

Which recorder did you buy. I am also looking for an external recorder and read that ClearClick isn´t a very good recorder.

@jeancaceres7670 honestly if you want the best recorder possible that will work with mini dv and digital 8 check out the Sony MRC1. They are second hand and still kind of expensive but I would recommend that any day for going tapeless

Yes it will still work. The clearclick will work with any av or S-video signal

I might be wrong but I think it was kind of like the first hdmi. But you don’t get audio out of it. It gives you a bit better video quality than the av cables do

this might be too late of a reply, but to answer your question yes. I would personally recommend a Sony mrc 1 but the fire store fs series recorders still work.

Are you talking about black bars on the left and right of the screen? If so that is because these older cameras filmed in a 4:3 aspect ratio. So the footage was meant to work with more square TV’s and monitors. Now days we use a 16:9 aspect ratio which is more rectangular shape. So when you watch videos that are 4:3 on something that is meant for 16:9 your screen will just leave the space on the left and right empty. Now you can change 4:3 to 16:9 but I don’t recommend because it just stretches the footage to fill the screen and makes it look really weird.

@@brandoncameracollection i swear i had sent a reply but i guess it never went through. basically i was saying i mean the black edges within the 4:3 boundary. like on the right and bottom side there’s a really thin line of black pixels. pixels that should have video/colors instead of black. and also during the footage you can see the bottom edge shaking

I’m not exactly sure but that sounds like your tape heads could be getting dirty. Mini dv camcorder start to have like glitchy footage when they start to get dirty. So I would try cleaning the tape heads and see what that does first. And if that doesn’t work then I’m not sure.

@@brandoncameracollectioni’m filming with your exact set up other than vx2100 vs 2000. i’m using clear click digital recorder 3.0. the issue i’m describing is also an issue in the footage you used in this video. it’s nothing to due with filming on tape. the previous owner of my camera use an immersion rc powerplay and had the same problem. i think it’s just something that happens when you record using the av outputs/s video cable.

Ok in the menu scroll down to the tool box icon and it should be the 3rd one down. Or the last option in the toolbox menu. If that made any sense 😅

got it Legendary!! @@brandoncameracollection

Yes you can use this idea with any camcorder you want. Just as long as it as an av out or a s-video out

Yes that just means your camera has mono audio. The red and white plug in are your left and right audio sources and the yellow is your video. If a camera only has the yellow and white it’s mono. But in your editing software you can change that to play through both speaker’s instead of just one.

I don’t know a lot about the digitnow models. I think they also make portable and usb recorders right? Any of these recorders practically work the same. Some might have a bit better video quality than others. But you can probably look at both models on Amazon and compare features.

If you watch my review on the vx2000 you can see the digital version

@@brandoncameracollection okay, thank you

Yes

Yes and you can take screenshot on it as well

If your tape deck work put a tape in it. Seems like some cameras that happens and others it doesn’t I’m not sure why

Does this converter work well other than that?

Yes I really like this converter for going tapeless

Yes you can use it it with pal cameras

This recorder captures at 60fps

@@brandoncameracollection How is that possible? I got one and is stuck at 25fps. Even worse, i can't deinterlace.

I believe it works with anything that has FireWire

Most definitely

Is the footage glitchy when you watch the video back?

@@brandoncameracollection yes

You most likely just have dirty tape heads. I recommend cleaning them and using a new unused tape after cleaning them.

I’ll have to look on my pd170 should be in the same spot

same and have you found the solution?

I don’t think so. I don’t think the video to digital 3.0 or 2.0 is compatible with pal. But I would check out the cloner alliance products because they are compatible

@@brandoncameracollection any recommendations with cloner alliance

Yes I think so although I’m not sure how

I need to learn a little more about that one

I have an immersion myself and Its very Broke, the batteries Go dead very quick, the Screen breaks fast and you Need to plug in the cable halfway in or you wont het any Audio. I get That it is a Cheaper Option but it is Not worth it imho ( sorry for bad english )

On some cameras yes. Your tape heads might be getting dirty

Ah yes. So the vx1000 is a 52mm and the vx2000 and vx2100 is a 58mm so for your vx2000 you will definitely need a 58mm

You should be able to find it in the menu of your camera

Or you get the CLEARCLICK HD 4K ULTIMATE EDITION which uses a HDMI conversion. It also has the option to convert via A/V connection as well. However it doesn't have a S-Video option. J.D. Watkins artistic director of PHOENIX PRODUCTIONS.

I think you can find av to hdmi converter cables as well but I’m not sure if that would work or not

​@@brandoncameracollectionGood call. That's the thing with different formats and different conversions; you have to find adaptable connections.

Yes any camera will work as long as it has an AV out signal or a S-video signal

Yeah you can use the av out ports but you would get much better video quality from just used the p2 cards and buying a p2 card reader for your computer

@@brandoncameracollectionhey Brandon would you lose a lot of quality ?, because the p2 chips are very expensive. I want to use the hvx202 I’m buying for skateboarding and I wanna add a clear click to it. Would still be fine ?

@tripled5463 yeah you will loose a lot of quality with the clearclick. But if you are using p2 cards you can actually just connect the camera to your computer with USB 2.0.

@@brandoncameracollection oh ok so can you just transfer the footage off the p2 cards onto the computer and you can keep using the cards without having to buy a new one ? Also sorry about these tech support question 😅

@tripled5463 no you’re good I was confused at first too haha. So p2 cards are pretty much like big sd cards. The biggest you can get are 64gb but those are expensive 🤑 so if you record at 1080 or 720p you will get the same amount of recording time as gigabytes. So if you have let’s say a 64gb card you will get 64 minutes of recording time on that card. But if you record at 480p you will get double the amount. Hopefully that makes sense

What is a DTE recorder? I appreciate the feedback I understand it’s has quality loss. I know there are a lot of different ways to convert your footage and if the DTE recorder isn’t super expensive I’ll definitely look into it. Does it work with any camera with FireWire? Or just Sony?

@@brandoncameracollection A DTE recorder is basically a Firewire recording device that mounts to your camera as you have done but takes the feed from the Firewire output instead of the analog outputs. They were popular during the transition from tape based cameras to solid state media. The Sony HVR-MRC1 is probably the best as it is very compact and could actually attach directly onto the back of some of the later Sony HDV cameras. But it had an accompanying Firewire bracket with which it could be used with any DV or HDV camera. Other popular models were the Datavideo DN-60 and the Focus Firestore FS-* models. However the popularity was short lived due to the fact that solid state media became the norm quite quickly. As a result they are still quite pricey on eBay and the like - prices are around £300 ($300) typically but you can sometimes find bargains. I recently got hold of a Sony HVR-MRC1 for £180. I also recently build my own DTE recorder using a Raspberry Pi. Just in the final stages or building the software, but that's a whole other story!

@@brandoncameracollection That's nice and all, but good luck finding one. Firewire is no longer really supported so only old devices like the FS-4 HD remain with hiked up prices.