Sony Handycam Hi8 (8mm Tape) - How expensive is HI8 film ?| Review | April 2021

[@isaacmijangos]

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[@hojoproductions3242]

My dad has this exact same camera and it still works after all these years!

[@isaacmijangos]

honestly, they don't make them like they use to! great camera, they are only getting harder to find!

[@thenewbgamer6416]

1. Its not film, it's magnetic video tape. 2. It's not that expensive al long as you avoid eBay. Still, good review.

[@sharky-mn3tv]

The major flaw with this review, is this isn't even a Hi8 camcorder. It's a Digital8, which doesn't record analog video, and is similar to MiniDV. Also actual Hi8 camcorders are lower priced, and they don't have Firewire. The quality is very similar to S-VHS, which was it's cheaper competitor. Also most Hi8 camcorders have a better image sensor, than Digital8 ones. Since it was a cheap version of MiniDV, that used Hi8 tapes to record on, they were low-end. Hi8 and Digital8 camcorders may look identical on the outside, but that's about it.

[@evhvariac2]

@@sharky-mn3tv he is getting the point across and addressing something most people aren’t

[@WindowsLiveMLG]

@@sharky-mn3tv true

[@Joscraft_05]

@@sharky-mn3tv No, there are a LOT of Digital 8 camcorders with the 1/4" sensor and same 460k pixels of the Hi8 camcorders and other models even with 800k pixels and looks better. Trust me even with my TRV255E with a 1/6" sensor and 540k pixels (is a PAL version) looks a bit better than some Hi8 camcorders from late 90s with the 1/4" sensor but only recording on a Digital 8 tape, if I record on a Hi8 tape with my camcorder they will look the same as these Hi8 camcorders. The Hi8 and Digital 8 camcorders was not a huge difference in quality (In Digital 8 especially with the 1/4" sensor is better than some Hi8 cameras in low light, even with the 1/6" sensor looks pretty similar, trust me 1/6" and 1/4" sensors looks exactly the same, probably A BIT difference in low quality situation but looks the same if you don´t look at the quality fixedly). I watched A LOT of videos comparing in low light situations Digital 8 camcorders with the 1/4" sensor and the 1/6" sensor and I don´t find they look worse than the Hi8 camcorders with the 1/4" sensor. But trust me the sensor in the major part is a nerd shit and nobody cares about.

[@Joscraft_05]

@@sharky-mn3tv Yes, the early models of Digital 8 was bad, the 1999-2000 models was worse but starting at 2001 to 2005 the Digital 8 models was more better and finally looking better than some Hi8 cameras

[@roxics]

This is not Hi8, it’s Digital8. People looking for Hi8 are after that analog look. Digital8 is the same codec as MiniDV. Please change the title so you don’t confuse more people.

[@challengedpictures]

Glad you pointed that out. I do have the Hi8 version of this that my mom found in the basement. Still works perfectly except the the speaker doesn’t work so I’m going to get the cables to transfer these to my Mac. If you have one of these what software can you use to upload the video?

[@customerservicerobot454]

the thumbnail on this was beautiful! i want one so bad :(

[@Stallzyx]

agreed, it is a nice thumbnail :)

[@nickchristyfilms]

This aesthetic 😍😍😍 Great video dude, I just picked up one of these for $50 on Facebook 😄🙌🏻

[@isaacmijangos]

Thank you! Great buy.

[@alexcornofficial]

This channel is going to be big!

[@isaacmijangos]

Omg thank you 😭

[@AbDaniel21]

long live sonys hi8 camcorder!

[@isaacmijangos]

awesome stuff!

[@Stallzyx]

The music sections are loud, almost a bit too loud, and then the speaking sections are really quiet. Kinda surprised you kept the title as Hi8 but I guess it performs better than Digital 8 (which many people have pointed is what this takes). Bought quite a few different models to play around with and in any case it's definitely usually better to get one with steadyshot for people who are new and looking. I'm about to sleep so will come back and view properly tomorrow

[@isaacmijangos]

the original music got copyrighted so i had to change it sadly :/ YT system doesnt let me change levels. Thanks for the feedback on the audio it was low back then. hope you like the video.

[@Stallzyx]

@@isaacmijangos Yeah I briefly watched the one on digitising footage and that one seemed louder

[@gustia2968]

thank you!!! great video

[@robertrobles4557]

Dope content !

[@isaacmijangos]

Glad you think so!

[@evhvariac2]

What’s going on? Watching your video!

[@ruthier508]

What aspect ratio options are there with this specific model?

[@isaacmijangos]

good question, let me check and get back to you on it.

[@newecreator]

It's a nice video man but the audio is quite... soft and quiet.

[@isaacmijangos]

yea sorry about that! the audio in my more recent video have improved!

[@radleyharrington9247]

I need to get one of these video camara. Because i need to dubb my cassette onto disc or vhs

[@isaacmijangos]

there should be cheaper conversion methods. This is gonna run you maybe 175 ? depending on the price of it on ebay.

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[@isaacmijangos]

Haha yea ! Amazing album.

[@aaronfitzgerald9109]

That's not a Hi8 camera, it's a Digital8 camera