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@TheDanielHolt8 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, did not expect the fake DVD compartment
@NotSoCrazyNinja5 жыл бұрын
"Do not take apart" to me reads "Do take apart".
@qwertykeyboard59013 жыл бұрын
same
@michaelturner44574 жыл бұрын
They're still making these things, 20 years later.
@mccobsta3 жыл бұрын
Why are people still buying them
@lucashernandez7951 Жыл бұрын
Where?
@Caseytify4 жыл бұрын
"I buy this crap so you don't have to." Funny, I was going to say just that until I saw your comment after watching the video. :)
@JoshCraver90008 жыл бұрын
That's like old-school mobile phone quality!
@ted-b3 жыл бұрын
Scamcorder
@versedbridge40072 жыл бұрын
Now that is gold, unlike the scamcorder shown in the video.
@missiondemolition Жыл бұрын
Mitsuba, more like SH*TSUBA!
@msylvain598 жыл бұрын
Make a teardown of it ! We want to see how crappy it is inside !
@Connie_TinuityError Жыл бұрын
I will admit, it does make for a very nice quote unquote "digital versatile camcorder"
@Watcher32238 жыл бұрын
A Chinese camcorder with a Japanese sounding brand name. That's one clue, kind of like Seiki HDTVs.
@RPKGameVids8 жыл бұрын
It's so bad it's good
@LazoeJSCREI8 жыл бұрын
Wow seriously the top lens is just for the viewfinder? And theres a little shitty lens under it for the camera itself, thats hilarious
@vulcanitu25784 жыл бұрын
A camera with a Steyr AUG scope. Nice
@andhieyusuf70086 жыл бұрын
Finally, an ideal camcorder for my cryptid hunting!
@NotSoCrazyNinja5 жыл бұрын
Hate to say it, but VHS was better quality lol. Perfect.
@McLarenMercedes8 жыл бұрын
I thought these were only sold by street vendors in developing countries or the former "2nd world" countries where it's really easy to con gullible (and inexperienced) consumers into buying them. In developed countries there can't be that many "suckers" that reason "camcorders are camcorders" can there?
@bobamu7 жыл бұрын
There's little keychain cameras that are a few dollars, I think this is one of those in a big pretty case.
@NathanPlays3954 жыл бұрын
“12.0 megapixels” VWestlife said :”It is in VGA”
@DoubleMonoLR4 жыл бұрын
12MP photos, which technically it seems to do - from scaling up from the 5MP sensor. Video is recorded in VGA.
@NathanPlays3954 жыл бұрын
MrMonotone yea but it’s just a scam. The photos are in the 4-6mp range , or below it.
@KRAFTWERK2K69 ай бұрын
I know a real Mitsuba if i see one. And look, there's Magnetbox, Panaphonics and Sorny. 😁
@hypercube337 жыл бұрын
Crazy. Looks like a modern version of a webcam level camera I got in like 2004-5 complete with fake looking DVD writer bulge and viewfinder. For VGA its not bad video, but I cant believe these exist in 2016 lol!
@DannyCD7 жыл бұрын
The video quality reminds me of an old KZfaq video from over 10 years ago as well.
@crapper18 жыл бұрын
requesting a teardown of this pile of trash please probally a small board with a lead weight inside
@clemstevenson8 жыл бұрын
+crapper1 There's a guy in Austalia (EEVBlog) who would be only too happy to tear this thing apart.
@vwestlife8 жыл бұрын
+Stephen Clementson I plan on sending it to him!
@Lyrabon8 жыл бұрын
+vwestlife Hehehe.
@clemstevenson8 жыл бұрын
+vwestlife That should prove amusing. He likes destroying inferior 'Wun-Hung-Lo' products.
@Lachlant19848 жыл бұрын
He really does, have you seen the video of the Esinomed branded tablet computer? He really ripped the designers a new one for that horribly designed "thing". "Don't turn it on, take it apart".
@MrPhilobersuchtie6 жыл бұрын
8:18 can you make a video where you take it apart? :)
@fibrodad13548 жыл бұрын
teardown time.....
@AleksandarGrozdanoski6 жыл бұрын
This is so depressing... and it's totally offensive to see that someone in China thought "We'll make a camcorder with a fake DVD compartment, the westerners fall for that kind of stuff. But we'll leave it empty, they are so stupid they'll never know the difference anyway" :-(
@qwertykeyboard59013 жыл бұрын
tbf, we westerners are real stupid
@DacLMK3 жыл бұрын
This camera was probably made for the Chinese market, so the Chinese can buy western-style camcorder on the cheap.
@TheRatic0n8 жыл бұрын
This is hilarious. Why put a DVD-slot in there if it doesn't even use the discs? Why that stupid arrangement with the viewfinder? Why the fake SD-card? I can't even begin to understand who designed this device and why. Great video.
@DoubleMonoLR4 жыл бұрын
'12MP interpolated' isn't fake, though very misleading(it used to be very common to do this), interpolated basically just means it's being scaled/stretched to a higher resolution, which presumably it does actually do. Utterly pointless, but technically correct. At least it doesn't look like the digital zoom is just scaling up the centre of the picture, albeit only because it records in low resolution so it can just crop a smaller portion of the sensor, to zoom in. The microphone looks like it might be adjustable for the direction it points, I don't know what the point would be though.
@simonhangan25717 жыл бұрын
When the microphone is in place, is the sound quality any better? Anyway, it's not a bad camera. (but I still say that the video quality is similar to a Nokia 6300).
@P3SS3SSOd7 ай бұрын
I remember in the mid 2000s over here in .au there were some TV stations that marketed themselve as being HD even though it was just a PAL signal broadcast in progressive scan. It was thoroughly ridiculous but our 'definitions' here based everything above 576i as some form of HD. Some channels remained so for many years too. So that super high VGA signal is of much higher definition than 480p, depending on your standards definitions; or definitions of your standards.
@mjmcomputers8 жыл бұрын
That sd card, sd slot and DVD really cracks me up. I guess they included a built in place to store the fake sd card and driver cd. Lol
@mitch3443ful8 жыл бұрын
That "extra weight" are just the drugs that are packed inside.
@filipmac15457 жыл бұрын
this whole camera is a lie
@TheCarArchives968 жыл бұрын
can you do more reviews on Counterfeit electronic products would love to see more :D
@davek128 жыл бұрын
If it's cheap enough, something like that is nice for a weather balloon trip to space or something. It works, it weighs little and is worth less. As long as it works for a couple of weeks while getting something like that together, it's still something worth having for disposable situations.
@floatpvnk2 жыл бұрын
The picture is passable but everything else is godawful
@johnrickard85127 жыл бұрын
Video quality isn't terrible, though the audio sounds like it's coming through a telephone.
@simonhangan25717 жыл бұрын
John Rickard True!
@TheFakeVIP7 жыл бұрын
John Rickard maybe, but uxwbill's older videos had about the same level of audio quality. I say honestly not too bad if you can get one super cheap
@KineticWasEpicVideos8 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of this POS $10 Vivitar camcorder I had one time. Boy was that thing a steaming pile! This is HD compared to that excuse for a video camera. It had it all, from the 3-inch fake lens with a pin-hole in the middle, to an LCD smaller than a postage stamp, to the 8X "zoom" which would make video look like it was made of 4 pixels. Only thing it didn't have is a fake DVD reader. That camera, and the cheap camera that came with my quadcopter are the only things I can think of that top this out.
@ethan0438 жыл бұрын
I love these kinds of videos.
@RPKGameVids8 жыл бұрын
The microphone looks like a ray gun
@Watcher32238 жыл бұрын
+RPKVids It looks like a shotgun mic. And it's kind of apropos; buying this is like buying a gun where holding it points the muzzle towards one's own face...
@VintageElectronicsGeek8 жыл бұрын
The external microphone looks likes a Sony mic I have for my vintage Sony camcorders, when I first got it, it sat backwards, after dorking with it, I found that the base actually swivels, the hot shoe on the Sony sits up front close to the lens, I believe it was designed to stay mounted to the camera and when not in use, you were able to swing it backwards and place it in the camera bag....might apply, a little force to see if yours may rotate as well?
@tombates91228 жыл бұрын
+JacksJunkDotCom This is just what I was thinking, particularly when you can see a 'grip-wheel' near the connector. Though, going by the rest of the unit, I wouldn't be surprised if that's fake as well.
@neilforbes4167 жыл бұрын
I bought an Audiosonic digital camera a few years ago from a K-Mart store here in Australia. I'll tell you right now, I ended up taking it back to the store(I think I got a refund) The camera was an absolute load of JUNK! WARNING: AVOID AUDIOSONIC PRODUCTS LIKE THE PLAGUE!
@steverodgers11128 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the goods sold out of white vans at the swap meet.
@pengwin_6 жыл бұрын
this thing is adorable
@Lachlant19847 жыл бұрын
The camera's digital zoom really didn't like zooming in on the Office 97 box, the video started glitching. I wonder when this camcorder was made, I'd say probably early 2000s.
shesnailie China at it's finest. Lying scamming country from hell!
@MichaelOKeefe20098 жыл бұрын
***** Fuck China!
@simonhangan25717 жыл бұрын
It's like a $5 toy microphone
@BensoftMedia8 жыл бұрын
Typed "Mitsuba" into Amazon UK and thankfully nothing by them came up.
@VSigma7256 жыл бұрын
Every time I think Funai and Nakamichi crap is the bottom of the barrel, I find a new bottom.
@KRAFTWERK2K66 жыл бұрын
China has a lot of barrel bottoms…
@maxwelsh61216 жыл бұрын
To think Nakamichi used to be top high end world beater equipment
@HamtaroEL4 жыл бұрын
Good Funais: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g61-gM2IsKetipc.html
@HamtaroEL4 жыл бұрын
Good Funais: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eridpLWk3tmsnI0.html
@DoubleMonoLR4 жыл бұрын
But Nakamichi doesn't seem to make crap: www.amazon.com/s?k=Nakamichi&ref=nb_sb_noss Maybe not the same as it used to be, but I haven't seen any crappy products. I don't think Funai is anywhere near the bottom either, though not usually up to the standard of traditional brands.
@samueljackson81378 жыл бұрын
kinda got motion sickness from the shaky video... :S
@N2tech8 жыл бұрын
I know you bought it just to review it but I have been burned on this knock off stuff. I got wrapped up in this video so much it made me nauseated knowing it also happens to everyone else. They put so much time and effort and material making a bad product that they could use the same material and make a good product with less hokey features. Thanks for the videos.
@jaykay188 жыл бұрын
I guess they figure if you get fooled by the name, you'll get fooled by the "quality". Mitsuba, available wherever (lack of) quality Chinese camcorders are sold!
@jmurray018 жыл бұрын
2:50 Thank the Lord! I don't think I could have coped with any more of that camera's video and audio.
@TheCRTProductions8 жыл бұрын
Backwards facing microphone? Fake "DVC" drive? By interpolation? Reversed zoom lever? Viewfinder that looks like the lens on a decent camera? LED lights that flicker at the same rate as the camera records? That my friend is innovation.
@Evansmustard8 жыл бұрын
I wonder when 4k video takes off if digital zoom would be acceptable to use with minor loss in quality if the end user was still watching it on a 1080p screen.
@ryans4138 жыл бұрын
+King V I can stream 1080p really good but my connection Isn't fast enough for 4K I got 16.5MP down but still not fast enough
@MatthewNelsonStales8 жыл бұрын
+Ryan Scherbluk According to Google youtube uses a massive 35-45 mbps bitrate for 4k content, 30fps.. Up to 68 for 60fps content. I believe it. Loading a video at first maxes out my 50 - 60mbps connection and then every few seconds after that. Edit: Just wanted to add in. For anyone stuck with crappy internet becuase that's the only option available, i feel your pain. I'm in Canada and we have a ton of US clients, the poor business internet they get in some places is a nightmare and totally unacceptable. I hope Google changes it for everyone in the States. I had the same issue at my last home, had to move to a new city to get my fiber line.
@uxwbill8 жыл бұрын
I'm shocked that you kept the "cameracorder" around! I'd have figured it met up with a microphone stand, golf club, car, bench vise or thrift store long ago... For 4:3 standard definition video, the output doesn't look too terrible. And the audio is arguably better (if still lacking high end) compared to the good old Panasonic Lumix. In fact it reminds me a lot of older digital still cameras with video modes. I'll go on record as the dissenting opinion -- for things that would be hazardous to a "real" camcorder or as a basis to build into something else, maybe something to give to a child...this thing's brilliant as long as one realizes what it is and doesn't pay too much for it. I'm surprised they went to the trouble of putting metal contact fingers on the fake SD card. Did you happen to plug it into something and see if it did anything?
@marcuss55548 жыл бұрын
You watch Vwestlife???
@vwestlife8 жыл бұрын
+uxwbill This video is actually a few years old, I finally just got around to editing it. I gave away the 35mm/audio cassette "camcorder", but I still have this Mitsuba. The audio sampling rate is the same as your Lumix (8 kHz) but the Lumix definitely had less distortion and background noise. The fake SD card is empty inside -- just a plastic shell.
@uxwbill8 жыл бұрын
+Mark TheCarGuy Only for almost the entirety of the time I've been on KZfaq. VWestlife was one of the first people I subscribed to. And since that time, I've thoroughly enjoyed watching his videos. (Edited for clarity.)
@XodiumLabs8 жыл бұрын
+Mark TheCarGuy If I know my uxwbill history correctly, vwestlife sold him the older CandyHam that he uses to this very day. If I'm not mistaken. I know Bill has a newer camera but I don't see him using it often. And that was a loooong time ago.
@vwestlife8 жыл бұрын
Xodium I sold the Sony DCR-TRV280 to him in 2011 and he's been using it quite often ever since then.
@Yeen1258 жыл бұрын
I used to have one of those fake camcorders (mine was a DXG) when they used to be common in low-end department stores like Kohl's and TJMaxx. The one annoying thing about those camcorders is that for some reason, the video was recorded in the .MOV (QuickTime) format, which made it impossible to edit on Windows Movie Maker without converting the video to a compatible format.
@raymondleggs55088 жыл бұрын
1 pixel state of the art video at the end.
@Mr1p0d8 жыл бұрын
I remember that camcorder from the video about the eBay counterfeit camcorders that you uploaded around 2009 or so, it was a fancier model but it had the same body style as this one
@darklinggolem6 жыл бұрын
Mitsuba = Pensonic
@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome8 жыл бұрын
At 0:56 is anyone else reminded of the Starship Entgerprise? And I know the quality of the recording is pretty crappy compared to what we have, but I would have killed for this in 1990 when I was using my 8mm camcorder !!
@DeadKoby6 жыл бұрын
I got a different named sub 100$ camera at Amazon... and it was very much like this one in the lousy category, although mine did have real SD card support. It featured bad picture and low sound. They got it back.
@josef7338 жыл бұрын
was this video recorded in 2016 or 2006?
@vwestlife8 жыл бұрын
Neither.
@josef7338 жыл бұрын
vwestlife The original clip of that woman, is that even recent? Honestly this camera looks about 15-20 years old.
@vwestlife8 жыл бұрын
***** It's from 2009: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/brucf7akx97Tfac.html
@weasel2htm8 жыл бұрын
I quite like the description of this video. I could *ALMOST* take Mitsuba seriously if their stuff was sold at TOYS R US, but just almost. The picture is bad, the microphone is so bad that Shazam could not even identify that awesome jazz version of "Amazing Grace" playing on the radio :(
@vwestlife8 жыл бұрын
I can send you the audio from the unedited clip if maybe extra time would help it identify the artist.
@weasel2htm8 жыл бұрын
+vwestlife I doubt it would help. I kept hitting the Shazam button throughout the time it was playing, it kept failing. Thanks for the offer though.
@deadlycreature3359 Жыл бұрын
I saw some 35mm cameras new on a few sites. I saw your video on the search. are the 35mm cameras fake also or just really bad quality? Mitsuba Camera 3504
@BensoftMedia7 жыл бұрын
Did you ever crack it open to see if there was a weight inside it?
@vwestlife7 жыл бұрын
No, but I'm sure there is.
@arootube7 жыл бұрын
Don't take apart!
@Darryl66363 жыл бұрын
Probably full of very toxic lead
@wilkes858 жыл бұрын
The sound reminds me of my DXG lol. Does that microphone swivel? It has markings on it that suggest it would. It's funny how they put the fake DVD compartment in just for looks, but it's like the fake counterweight adjustment on a cheap turntable; All it does is make the whole thing look stupid and cheap. That's a cool battery adapter! I would love one of those to use in a pinch for a camera that doesn't use AA batteries. Have you tried out the 35mm camera in that other Mitsuba? I'd be interested to see what kind of picture quality you'd get out of that.
@Trance888 жыл бұрын
VWestlife, you should deem yourself as The Chinapride Critic.
@Jallge8 жыл бұрын
These reviews of fake electronics are always hilarious. "Don't Take Apart" LOL, yeah right.
@jwoolery998 жыл бұрын
Video is not the worst I've seen (Because my old webcam was worse than this camcorder) But the audio sounds like something from the 90s for sure.
@HobertMcFarlandtechandcargeek8 жыл бұрын
What a POJ! Reminds me of my Vivitar DVR508nHD mess.
@compositeguy46968 жыл бұрын
This camcorder is not too terribly bad is it? i love the design though. Mitsuba.-it's where quality and satisfaction are guaranteed to meet.
@Elfnetdesigns8 жыл бұрын
I would accept NOTHING less from China.... This made me laugh so hard especially the fake DVD compartment.
@Elfnetdesigns8 жыл бұрын
Apple products are just lethally overpriced...
@Elfnetdesigns8 жыл бұрын
isn't all of it made in China tho XD
@EastAngliaUK8 жыл бұрын
the audio is pretty bad wonder if there any way to test the other mic or add one to it as not watched all the video. good they did put an LED light on there though.
@JungolistMassif7 жыл бұрын
Id buy it for a dollar tho
@butlaoctu44644 жыл бұрын
Vivitar once made good cameras
@versedbridge40072 жыл бұрын
Then the chinese bought them, and that was the end of vivitar.
@NALTOHQ Жыл бұрын
That was then and this is now, sadly.
@noisepuppet8 жыл бұрын
I must same quality camera best quality Guangzhou video mini dv camcorder GoPro full HD
@coondogtheman8 жыл бұрын
The audio quality of that thing sounds like my old DV 4500 camera. I still have it and it does work. the best quality video is 640x480 at 10 (yes 10) frames per second. then it has 352x288 and 160x120. My canon cameras all have good video my newest shoots full HD video and my android phone shoots at 720p.
@dinucristian55898 жыл бұрын
the sound is horrible
@techtron23768 жыл бұрын
Much more like a crapcorder!
@VectrexRoli8 жыл бұрын
Fake DVD, fake SD and then that external microphone! Ha ha ha!!! :-D
@PaulJCost18 жыл бұрын
And by the way, are you not interested on doing some MINIDISC Technology reviews? Its an obsolete thing now but i do still use it today... Thanks man...
@vwestlife8 жыл бұрын
I already did a video about a MiniDisc recorder.
@PaulJCost18 жыл бұрын
+vwestlife You have so many videos... i will check it out...
@PaulJCost18 жыл бұрын
+vwestlife I found it... yeah but i use a portable model... a MZ-RH910.
@spoon65646 жыл бұрын
My 2007 Nikon point and shoot camera has a similar video quality to this...
@Dan-TechAndMusic8 жыл бұрын
If I was given the option of either have to film everything I want to with the Mitsuba for the rest of my life, or having to chew on an extension cord, I'd chew on an extension cord.
@Lachlant19848 жыл бұрын
+Daniël's Tech & Music Channel Even though the quality of this camcorder is pretty bad, I'd still rather use it than chew on an extension cord. I live in a country that uses 240 volts AC, and I know how it feel to have 240 volts going through your body, it's not nice at all, it's very painful and shocking actually, so chewing on an extension cord is not a good idea, I like your comparison though.
@Dan-TechAndMusic8 жыл бұрын
Lachlant1984 220-230V here, and yes, I did once get that through my body when I was still a kid. That pain lasted for a week (burns on my hand), which lasts less than the pain you get using that.
@ShivdeepDhaliwal8 жыл бұрын
Mitsuba in Japanese is a herb that tastes vaguely of celery. Sort of an acquired taste.
@kidzania44646 жыл бұрын
We are lives in 2017, This guy lives in 1997
@juniorsilvabroadcast6 жыл бұрын
KidZania 2018
@UnleashedDan5 жыл бұрын
2019
@NathanPlays3954 жыл бұрын
This CAMCORDER lives in 1997
@Nantawat_Kittiwarakul8 жыл бұрын
Ha! The good'ole Sony miniDV (or even Digital 8) handycam made 15-20 years ago can easily outperform this plastic toy. ;)
@maxthewincat6 жыл бұрын
Digital zoom is glitchy
@jmurray018 жыл бұрын
Is that a Hitachi hifi at the end? I have the T-21 which looks slightly similar to that in the same style cabinet.
@vwestlife8 жыл бұрын
No, it is a Sanyo: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/idiZpLeHtNyof5s.html
@ellicopter18 жыл бұрын
@vwestlife Did you see the new turntable technics are releasing later this year?
@Evan28 жыл бұрын
I wonder how fucking drunk the designer of this camera had to be to put a fake mini-disc drive on the thing. It's a waste of plastic and money! If you're going to manufacture a shit camera at least save as much money as possible making it.
@aleculunguleac6 жыл бұрын
what format uses? MJPEG in avi or MOV?
@vwestlife6 жыл бұрын
I forget which, but probably AVI.
@NotSoCrazyNinja5 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of MJPEG. Could be using an AVI container though. I once had a camera of similar quality that was made back around 2003. It used MJPEG. It worked, but the quality sucked, about like this camera.
@qwertykeyboard59013 жыл бұрын
yes
@aleculunguleac3 жыл бұрын
@@qwertykeyboard5901 MJPEG with uncompressed PCM audio of maybe 8Khz or 11KHz? Or maybe ADPCM?
@qwertykeyboard59013 жыл бұрын
@@aleculunguleac yes
@FubarMike8 жыл бұрын
when was this released? I'm guessing 2008 by the quality and even low end for that era. So by what that fake sd card says this camcorder won't accept anything bigger than a 32mb sd card?
@vwestlife8 жыл бұрын
I was using a 1 GB SD card and it worked fine.
@Laserchicken888 жыл бұрын
it's like watching youtube from 2005
@ProtegeTuype8 жыл бұрын
2002
@TC64X8 жыл бұрын
The framerate is really good though REALLY stable unlike modern cameras that stutter like a 25fps movie even though they "say" that they're 60fps
@Destroyed0078 жыл бұрын
What camera did you use to shoot most of the video? The 4:3 aspect ratio could mean some mini-DV camcorder.
@vwestlife8 жыл бұрын
It was a Sony DCR-TRV140 Digital8 camcorder. It can also record 16:9 widescreen video, but I chose 4:3 to keep it consistent with the Mitsuba camcorder.
@Helderhugo8 жыл бұрын
Incredible bad joke :-D
@ToshibaT12008 жыл бұрын
I started laughing out loud when you showed the fake DVD drive. Why do they go through the effort to imitate a camcorder from 10 years ago? I did a quick check on Amazon and eBay and I don't even see for sale for really cheap. I think I will stay with my Canon ELPH.
@theoldaccidontuseanymore6968 жыл бұрын
My 80$ LG phone did much better
@RomanPillai8 жыл бұрын
Its interesting to watch your vids :)
@jestertech37907 жыл бұрын
I just bought one for $6 on ebay.
@KRAFTWERK2K66 жыл бұрын
For the LOLs? :)
@fgtujhxf858 жыл бұрын
How much did you pay?
@1marcelfilms8 жыл бұрын
i once got this camera it is HILLARIOUS! it will loose memory if the batteries are removed and had a lcd display wich just displays NUMBERS