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@jordanezell51325 ай бұрын
Suggestion: buy an Intrepid bellows camera and convert it into a digital camera that takes high res photos and video.
@DSLRguide6 ай бұрын
this is my kind of video, not sure if I’d ever need to use wide aspect ratio camcorder footage, but nice to know it’s possible
@MathieuStern6 ай бұрын
Shooting a narrative video like that could be pretty wild
@Suko1206 ай бұрын
it looks like a cinematic home video
@WaltechYT6 ай бұрын
Man was not expecting to see you here! One of my favorite KZfaqrs! Been a fan a long time, especially loved the videos you made for making things on a budget. Like that wonderful short film you made with that cheap JVC camcorder and the boom mic. You inspired me in my videos for years.
@VinOnline5 ай бұрын
Love your channel mate
@uniworkhorse6 ай бұрын
This is so trippy, I'm so used to people cropping old archival footage for dramatic effect that I've associated widescreen VHS footage as a post-production gimmick. Seeing it done all in-camera is a huge contrast knowing you can shove so much more into the sensor!
@FLOWIMSTUDIO6 ай бұрын
Haha "sensor" haha :)
@Fedorevsky5 ай бұрын
lol@@FLOWIMSTUDIO
@RabFinebeau4 ай бұрын
@@FLOWIMSTUDIO I don't know why you find it funny but this camcorder has a CCD sensor.
@MaxRomantschuk6 ай бұрын
I'd love to see color graded footage in the next video. The washed out look of an old camcorder is a style on it's own, but I'm curious what slapping a suitable LUT on top would do!
@lucasvivante89886 ай бұрын
A lut. On a camcorder. It's not log 10 bit footage...
@camilo06 ай бұрын
@@lucasvivante8988 so what? You can still color grade it, just limited by the bit depth
@LadySalemRaven6 ай бұрын
you would be hardly able to adjust tint let alone color grade haha @@camilo0
@lucasvivante89886 ай бұрын
@@camilo0 yeh sure but it's not what a lut is for. It's a color space transformation. Color grading 8bit footage with a lut is pointless. Btw luts are tools to get close to a picutre you like, not a magic formula to get amazing colors
@MaxRomantschuk6 ай бұрын
My comment wasn't really made in the assumption that using a LUT would make sense. The point was I am curious what kind of creative result one would get. I do understand the math behind the transformation well enough, so I won't br arguing about bit depths or if it makes sense or not. 😁
@davisfan6 ай бұрын
I photographed a movie last year, and we used some scenes on an old camcorder. Beautiful experience! Most was shot on a Sony Alpha with Zeiss ZF lenses (still love them), but the director and I really wanted to have that sort of gradation of textures. There was a plain sequence we made with an IPhone, and a couple shots on an old 5d. I love analog, but I think digital has had a history of its own, and I'm very fond of it. I have VHS tapes of my childhood, my first dog, my parents together... I have some phone pictures of my second dog and my teen friends, and now I have a million pictures of my nephew with two different A7r. And just to keep this nostalgic voyage kicking on - your shots reminded me of my early days watching art movies. I got to see Jancso's 'the round up' on a wide-screen VHS circa 2005, among some other classics. This video made me remember the colors, the textures, the way 640 pixels interpreted 35mm film. Thank you!
@petergivenbless9006 ай бұрын
The softness of video gives the images a very dream-like quality.
@noth6065 ай бұрын
heh, severe lack of sensor pixels, it's somewhere below or at 576i essentially, if my memory serves me, craptastic analog CVBS composite capture to whatever the digitization was done at, then desqueeze for the anamorphic. My guess is it was binned up to 4k to not loose any of what little info there was, before desqueeze. Easy enough to replicate, should you have the irrational urge to do so, I'll stick to my digital cams. I have an old DVCAM if I knock my head and feel the need to sort of replicate this in hardware, I can skip most steps and just knock down the quality with filters in post.
@jordanezell51326 ай бұрын
Idea, take an analog bellows camera and convert it into a video camera!
@ohmwai6 ай бұрын
Sounds expensive, but i'd watch.
@MathieuStern6 ай бұрын
I used a analog bellows lens and adapted it on my Sony : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hpxkqNKim5-RYoE.html
@glorphindale6 ай бұрын
Media Division YT channel did something like this, trying to get a very low f-number.
@ohmwai6 ай бұрын
@@MathieuStern amazing. and the music choice is perfect as well.
@TrueCA77776 ай бұрын
wasn't there someone who used a scanner as a sensor for a large format camera? That would need another try. A4 large format digital photography sound badass.
@ftlbaby6 ай бұрын
The footage from the 2x adapter is damn cool even though it was misaligned.
@MathieuStern6 ай бұрын
yea, it was, but it's so hard put this in your backpack and to transport it without it not moving on the ring at all. I will do better next time
@SeanCC6 ай бұрын
@@MathieuStern when shooting anamorphic on the go I found it helpful to have a little high intensity LED of some kind to do spot "flare checks" that would show any alignment issues and allow for quick adjustment.
@ThePhantomofYT1016 ай бұрын
Idk why but this just fills me with unreasonable happiness
@themichaelgraeme6 ай бұрын
6:07 This framing is really cool. It gives me an idea for a short film... --- Jacquie: "Your father wanted you to have this." *Jacquie pulls out a rusty, metal contraption from deep within a chest. She brushes its sides a couple times before handing it to Thomas.* Thomas: "What is it?" Jacquie: "Well, it's... Think of a happy memory. Something you did or a place you wish you could revisit." *Thomas is reluctant but eventually closes his eyes.* Jacquie: "Now imagine what's around you. Where are you? Who's around you? What is the wind doing? The trees? *Beat* Jacquie: "Once you have that, place this up to your eyes and see for yourself." *Thomas opens his eyes and peers into a dark void. A faint image emerges and a montage of Thomas's childhood memories begins. The camera zooms in slowly to fill the frame. Life and its problems fade away as Thomas sees his father grow old once again.* *Montage ends* *The camera cuts to Thomas pulling the device down from his eyes. A tear rolls down his cheek.* Thomas: "Hey, dad."
@twilightcitystudios5 ай бұрын
I'm glad to see other people also saw that shot at 6:07 as having potential oppurtunity. I didn't come up with an idea as in depth as yours. I just saw that it was possible to do and I didn't it a bad thing the first I thought was what could I do with something like this? You went to extra step and came up with an idea. I was thinking of maybe an idea of someone being trapped or seeing a vision or seeing the world a certain way, but you put a story to it I didn't yet. lol Overall I think when someone like that happens it's cool to wonder what can be done with it. :)
@fulltimefilmmaker5 ай бұрын
Great Video! Very Creative!
@steveswm77422 ай бұрын
Somehow, even brand new footage from a camera like this still makes me feel nostalgic.
@SweetLouPhotography6 ай бұрын
I don't think it's a coincidence that in a video where my face pops up, there's also Doom footage lol. But dude these results are pretty sick. Love the idea!!
@thorstenjaspert93945 ай бұрын
That is stunning. All hobby filmers of the 80h dreamed about filming in a cinematic aspect ratio. By desqueezing you loose horizontal resolution.The video aspect ratio is 4:3. If you want to youse for a remembering in your Projek,t it looks better. The blurry resolution makes the typical VHS style. ❤
@aengusmacnaughton13756 ай бұрын
Awesome -- and that simple baseband video digitizer works pretty well. Can't wait to see the full cinematic VHS productions!!!
@idkanymore33825 ай бұрын
Anamorphic is my favorite look on the planet, thanks!
@mattiaarigliano29926 ай бұрын
Just a few days ago, I found practically the same camcorder (VX-27) in my garage. The battery was dead, but plugging it directly worked perfectly. I probably have tapes for it in some random shelf
@fty-ys4ni6 ай бұрын
Most, if not all, DV camcorders were capable of recording in Standard Definition in either 4:3 or 16:9 per your choosing in the settings. I know because I have one. I purposely record in 4:3 anyway because thats kind of the novelty with these old cameras. If your camera is old enough to record analog on VHS-C or Hi8 tapes, I’m almost positive this isn’t the case. Later and more advanced versions of DV also could record in 16:9 if you wanted. It’s all about which camera you have. And there are DV camcorders that have interchangeable lenses. I understand budget is a concern, but another thing to consider with DV is avoiding these clunky “hacks” to bypass recording to the tape. Then if you wanted to dive deeper, the capturing method and preserving the integrity of the original tape file is a conversation in and of itself.
@appleslayer33376 ай бұрын
I LOVE the way you structured this video, truly beautiful, and I haven't even gotten to the anamorphic part yet! Keep up the awesome work, you might have just earned a new subscriber! :-)
@101wonderment6 ай бұрын
This feels like a dreamy dream you never want to wake up from. A beautiful vision from far far time where everything is just perfect.
@Chips-Lab6 ай бұрын
Trop bien ! merci pour la vidéo Mathieu, très interessant pour mixer avec du 16:9 classique
@cementinquentin6 ай бұрын
This was fun. I wonder if people will be equally nostalgic for today’s tech in 2054.
@amermeleitor23 күн бұрын
Hi Mathieu, I wonder if there was people that have talked to you about your gear in the streets, parks, etc. Sometimes happen when a photographer with vintage equipment is taking shots, people start asking with curiosity, sometimes other photographers, old people, childs, etc.
@MathieuStern23 күн бұрын
yea, it happens all the time, most people ask nice questions, and old photographers stop me to stay they used the same camera back in the day. Sometimes it's less nice when they stop you from working to ask silly questions, but most of the time it is a nice conversation
@t-money5616 ай бұрын
its like a trip back to the 80's
@skyshorrchannel34746 ай бұрын
Good one! This is why you stay so popular.... I already imagine film makers using such inserts.
@VietinghoffAlex6 ай бұрын
I've wanted to get a 2x anamorphic adapter for awhile, but all my cameras only have 16:9 sensor modes. Then I just realized I have a MiniDV camera that does 4:3 natively, haha. Thanks!!
@saksvgm79195 ай бұрын
the vignette looks so sick
@appleslayer33376 ай бұрын
5:31 OK... This is just about the most awesome thing I've seen this year. No joke.
@lucashardy56125 ай бұрын
That's my favorite shot also- so cool with the bird!
@BretEsque6 ай бұрын
Gahh I miss the 90's
@roodick856 ай бұрын
I see so many of these old cameras at the thrift stores for sometimes 5 dollars
@stevesoprano81136 ай бұрын
What a wonderful and creative idea, the result is weirdly gorgeous and nostalgic! I love it
@zahrashokri82156 ай бұрын
Sometimes I'm thinking you're a genius really 🔥🔥
@sembalo17766 ай бұрын
very cool! pretty nice that the camera had threads on the lens aswell. and honestly with the longer 2x adapter it actually looks pretty neat when fully zoomed out, i could see some use cases for that
@benmcreynolds85816 ай бұрын
This would be PERFECT for creating Liminal media or psychological horror type content
@danielromashov926 ай бұрын
So warm to my heart sound of awakening of a VHS camcorder...
@jr021796 ай бұрын
Looks like the dream sequences from prince of darkness
@petergivenbless9006 ай бұрын
My thoughts as well; those were shot on video and converted to cinemascope, but I don't know if they used an anamorphic lens on the video camera or just cropped the video to fit.
@sadgesidney40096 ай бұрын
The natural screen-tearing/encoding rips are actually kinda dope.
@armenberenson17014 ай бұрын
Very cool, but a good workaround might be to simply shoot at a wider FOV (on film or simply at a suitable resolution) and then crop to the desired aspect ratio. Definitely can't fake those flares and the characteristic cinematic compression, though. Great work and very creative. I love how you combine your knowledge of technology and visual art.
@TSGEnt6 ай бұрын
I have a couple of vintage camcorders as well. I haven't adapted anamorphic lenses to them yet, but what a great look. Thanks for experimenting!
@MathieuStern6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@mikedmalott5 ай бұрын
Sweet stuff!! I really love seeing Versailles in the winter with that setup.
@zenitpro5 ай бұрын
Wow, I just totally love it - we have this love for vintage gear in common. I have not one, but two camcorders (which are not working, BTW) and a Mini-DV camcorder too. I love that look and feel they offer, and I even bought a capture card just to have the pleasure of converting the videos to digital format. I strongly recommend you that you hook you camera up to a CRT TV and really appreciate the magic. It looks OK on modern screens, but watching it on CRT is just glorious.
@imDonDiestro6 ай бұрын
Love experiments like this. Working camcorders are ridiculously easy to find in the US lol.
@Bkoded6 ай бұрын
its wild how good anamorphic video can make a camera look
@gabbo136 ай бұрын
This is a good stuff to shoot, not putting a filter or LUT for Instagram.
@iDealMedley6 ай бұрын
The footage looks soo nostalgic. I'm getting emotional for no reason
@Hexus13th6 ай бұрын
You can achieve this look with much less hassle and expense by piping any DSLR footage to the input of an old VCR then piping the output to PC. Assuming you didn't want to just do it post with filters.
@serkanonf6 ай бұрын
This camera is a time machine everything turnings back to 90s.
@Agills-Photography6 ай бұрын
OMG BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!!!
@Markers596 ай бұрын
En vrai sa peut être cool quand on a pas de budget : )
@alexmitchell15925 ай бұрын
Nice little zoom on that camcorder!
@asdasdasd6 күн бұрын
01:27 this is creative
@TheFilmFinesse6 ай бұрын
The footage reminds me of my childhood! So cool! I would love to see a short film or music video shot with this setup 😁
@TinLeadHammer6 ай бұрын
The test footage - is this a digitized video off tape, or direct tapeless feed into a digital box?
@Evildandalo6 ай бұрын
Seeing the cinemascope footage literally blew my mind. I've been shooting tapeless on Hi8, VHSC, as well as mini dv forever and dealing with the 4:3 footage in modern times has been tricky. Your solution is incredibly elegant. I'd love to see it on a Hi8XR Sony or a 3CCD camera like the PD-150, something with more resolution would help retain some sharpness.
@gokhansakrak57623 ай бұрын
thanks to video, it brought back my memories. Yesterday I used my Sony CCD-TVR99E again; it still works after 25 years.
@MathieuStern3 ай бұрын
Great to hear!
@mastenas3 ай бұрын
It's amazing how a simple camera sensor converts today into the past, it's a weird feeling to know that the images were generated in the current year, I wonder someday we will have a technology that converts VHS images into modern images, just to have a different perspective of the past, can you imagine if we could see footage from 1990 looking like it was recorded today.
@MePeterNicholls5 ай бұрын
It has a great aesthetic!
@dylannolan74546 ай бұрын
Wow, what a cool idea, I love the footage from this combo.
@C.I...6 ай бұрын
Sadly, you've only got half the frame (or field) rate going on; the high field rate with global shutter is a big part of the look. Also, £800?? Holy moly that's an expensive bit of glass. Nice experiment though. The 2X looks fantastic.
@randomdoodles6 ай бұрын
The adaptor barrel shot was cool.... fantastic and interesting video... thanks
@thevoiceman61926 ай бұрын
Old school is the best school. I have 2 mini dv camcorders I love.
@333_studios6 ай бұрын
This is a really useful aspect ratio changer. It’s almost like a focal length reducer/speedbooster. However, imo it adds almost nothing to the image itself.
@ChristopherGHope6 ай бұрын
Cool video! I've been putting together a similar rig using an old Canon XL2 with anamorphic lens from SLR Magic and a digital recorder from Datavideo. This was my dream camera back in the day and I'm excited to finally test it soon. I'll look forward to your next video. Thanks!
@yakoublat026 ай бұрын
I love the enthusiasm!
@ekisnaar5 ай бұрын
For once "n years ago" felt exactly where it's supposed to be in the timeline. Also the video in general was great.
@arriagatwo7775 ай бұрын
perfect camera for shooting retro pono movies
@Doudoudelamotte19026 ай бұрын
trop cool! bravo, la prochaine c'est les camera nocturnes avec lentilles anamorphiques ;)
@lo_batt6 ай бұрын
this so absurd but so amazing
@DennisTrovato6 ай бұрын
This man would adapt a Zeiss Planar to a 2003 Sony Ericsson flip phone.
@AbdonPhirathon6 ай бұрын
Next video idea: “Cinematic Photos with a 35mm Camera & Anamorphic Adapter” You’re welcome 😉
@MathieuStern6 ай бұрын
actually i tested it and it looks cool ! I will maybe do a video
@PalKrammer6 ай бұрын
From Panasonic's professional news division I bought a new AG-456UP S-VHS camcorder in 1999; it still works and I bought a new lead-acid battery for it last year. However, I also have an older, simpler, Sony Handycam 8mm and what happened to it a few years ago is that the rubber used in the cassette door-opening mechanism failed - so it's stuck open. In the case of camcorders, I worry more about the mechanical aspects than I do about the electronics.
@ErnestoMantaras6 ай бұрын
At 4:06 that's not an anamorphic flare, that's a classic CCD artifact, a vertical streak. That happens every time you have a very bright source of light in your footage (and it can happen with reflections as well). Anamorphic flares are usually horizontal. About your digitizing process (and apart from that device probably yielding pretty compressed files) you might want to double check whether or not you're getting all of the information, as many of these deinterlace the footage by stripping away one field. If processed correctly, you should end up with interlaced files, 60i for NTSC and 50i for PAL, that then easily translate to 60 and 50 fps footage respectively. Maybe you decided to edit these by lowering the frame rate, which is fair, but part of the appeal of this video format is the higher frame rate. 60/50 fps is closer to what these should look like on a progressive screen. I'd recommend getting a good scaler with genlock, like the Retrotink 5X, or one of Canopus capture solutions, for example (which might be tricky to use on modern PCs, though it can be done). Love the idea of shooting anamorphic VHS, by the way, really cool.
@Penpal6 ай бұрын
Looking forward to the update!
@Altcine6 ай бұрын
This is so cool 😁 well done man, I love stuff like this.
@MathieuStern6 ай бұрын
More to come!
@AndrossUT6 ай бұрын
At midzoom that anamorphic adapter really pops
@AdamHansen956 ай бұрын
I’ve been wanting to put an anamorphic adapter on a film camera and take pictures on it forever
@KRAFTWERK2K66 ай бұрын
Not wanting to spend a lot of money for an old camcorder but spending a LOT of money for a anamorphic lens. 😋 ok...... But yea this is how you actually can squeeze the most out of the low res video sensors of these old cameras without having to crop and lose resolution. So this method is definitely the go-to option if you wanna preserve as much resolutiion as possible if you aim for a widescreen image.
@nigelianzamora6 ай бұрын
This is such a cool idea. I don't think I would have ever thought of this. Well done. God bless!
@MathieuStern6 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@HYPERION_ART6 ай бұрын
You should definitely try to put it on a gimbal
@debranchelowtone6 ай бұрын
C'est intéressant, depuis un mois j'expérimente de l'anamorphique en 4K sur un appareil moderne. Sirui fait de bons objectifs à des prix abordables. Et je me demandais justement s'il était possible d'adapter une telle chose sur des caméscopes anciens.
@erickmonstavicius50155 ай бұрын
Amazing!
@LilWookiz6 ай бұрын
That’s amazing, im specialised in analog video and never thought to do that on my camcorder 😮
@R.L.Kramer6 ай бұрын
Oh I have several mini DVs, mini VHS and a hi 8 that work with batteries.
@LaSedNoEsNada6 ай бұрын
Ok new need unlocked 😂😂
@johnprudent32165 ай бұрын
Very cool.
@PANDRIUX5 ай бұрын
AMAZING
@zakaroonetwork7776 ай бұрын
I shot Movies in the 90’s that have never been edited. I have boxes of vhs-c and Super-8 tapes to get into DiVincci Resolve somehow.
@DrChefman6 ай бұрын
Would like to see a close up head shot of a person while retaining a wide aspect, but no fish eye warping
@ChasedRabbit6 ай бұрын
This is so cool
@Uhfgood5 ай бұрын
I've got an old sony handi-cam, as far as I know it was still working the last time I used it, but I haven't used it in years and years, so I'd have to see if the batteries still charged.
@yames6 ай бұрын
Wow! This is so cool! I want to try it out! Haha
@schnellbratpfanne36066 ай бұрын
Maybe make a comparison: With Adapter and with just cropping to 16:9/21:9
@MyllerSWE6 ай бұрын
Must feel weird to get nostalgic over the foto taken the same day ^^D
@ankays21865 ай бұрын
Loved the content, subscribing ❤
@marsupialpianist14506 ай бұрын
Yees, you get a sub
@KennlinBarlow6 ай бұрын
You should try test it out on the Sony PD-150! I've just ordered a TRV900 (not sure if it'll work on that but maybe the 150 will be better)
@user-ko4zb1lp3y6 ай бұрын
Can you turn a kids digital camera and make the camera use normal lenses ...or take the lens from the kids digital camera and mount it on a full frame cam ... either way we would love to see it....btw enjoyed ur videos
@ZvilgantisKailis6 ай бұрын
I still have a working Canon HV20 camcorder which can shoot SD on miniDV tapes. I always was fighting to get rid off that video looking feel. Glad that video camcorder era went by.
@SinaFarhat6 ай бұрын
Nice! Interesting issue to find a working old tape camera as I suspect that repairing these old camcorders is a hard thing because of the electronic components. I have an old sony super 8 camera that uses an infolithium battery that last time I turned It on worked great and the battery even held a charge but I suspect that finding a compatible infolithium battery nowadays can be an issue! Keep up the good work!
@thorstenjaspert93945 ай бұрын
You have to find a working tape. They haven't been manufacturers for decades. That's an issue, too