5 Things You Need to Start Filming on Tape

This video is for anyone looking to get into or are in the beginning stages of getting into tape/analog camcorders and don't know what they need for their camera to get started. Some things I mention are a no brainer but they can most definitely be over looked. If you are looking for any of the products I mention in this video you can find them linked below.
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[@yoshinobu706]

been watching your channel for a little bit now man! love the content, helped me out a ton w/ my cams, keep doing what you're doing dawg!!!

[@brandoncameracollection]

Hey thank you man that’s what I’m here for😊 I had a lot of questions at one point too and I’m still learning 😅

[@jay-xz6yo]

great video! Covers all the basics

[@urbankjrrrdam4825]

Mini dv is digital, it stands for mini digital video casettes

[@retrovideobuzz]

I use a Mac for all my analog video transfers, I love it!

[@AM-lq6uc]

MiniDV is digital. Digital8 is also digital (as the name suggests) Lol! VHS, S-VHS, Video8, and Hi8 are analog. S-Video, composite (AV/RCA) cables are analog, and component cables can be analog or digital.

[@brandoncameracollection]

Hey thanks for sharing man😊 I’m still learning some of this stuff myself as well

[@am74343]

​@@brandoncameracollection LOL That above response was also me. (I forgot I was signed into my other account, which I never use. LOL!) Anyway, digital videotape is just pretty much just a series of 1's and 0's recorded as a signal on the tape which represents the red, green, and blue colors and brightness of each frame of video. Analog videotape is basically just a video signal increasing or decreasing of voltage as each frame of video is recorded. (In other words, no "mathematical" digital code.) I'm 46 years old, so I remember when I was in my teenage years during the 1990's, I used to constantly be carrying a huge VHS camcorder around everywhere! It was heavy, but the thing that was great about holding a heavy machine was that the video was less "shaky" looking. Kind of more stabilized. Now when I pick up my smaller MiniDV camera and use it, the video is so shaky because there's no heftyness to the machine! LOL!

[@brandoncameracollection]

Well I’m glad you’re here to show me some of the things I’m missing 😅 I’m 25 and started this KZbin channel because I was curious about how you digitize tapes and after I found out I became obsessed (not literally) with these old cameras. And yes I have played with quite a few old vhs cameras as well. I had one that was a Panasonic and I absolutely loved the color and tones of the video but I unfortunately got rid of it down the line somewhere when I moved😕

[@aspecreviews]

@@am74343 I have a Canon ZR850 (one of the last miniDV units ever made) and it has pretty good software image stabilization, so I don't get that shaky-cam effect.

[@Joscraft_05]

@@am74343S-video is a perfect alternative to FireWire, is analog but offers you the best quality like FireWire so if you can use S-video use it, FireWire is also an option because Video composite AV offers the poor quality and is not very reliable.

[@BenJonesVideographer]

Great video! I'm glad you brought up S-Video. It's the closest thing to a clean digital signal and not enough people talk about it especially when talking about going tapeless!

[@brandoncameracollection]

Yes I totally recommend using s-video for anyone out there who’s cameras are compatible with it.

[@WEZKYS]

dude you just saved my life lol.

[@kevinjevin1508]

On the gl1 which cables do u plug into the camera?

[@WOSKA.]

could you do with tapeless cleaclick 2.0 digital comparison vs tape cause i dont find any videos on yt, it would be cool too if you do this on exact this camera

[@brandoncameracollection]

Well the footage will look the exact same if you capture it from the tape or doing it tapeless

[@retrovideobuzz]

I was wondering what editing software you use? Your vids look upscaled. Thanks.

[@brandoncameracollection]

Adobe Premiere Pro

[@WEZKYS]

hey man what would be a good memory card for a gl1?

[@brandoncameracollection]

I think you need to use multi media cards

[@BurtReynoldss]

you look like the guy from myth busters lol

[@brandoncameracollection]

You literally just made me laugh so hard 😂 you right though