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[@NigelBarros]

As a skateboarder / skate filmer who grew up in the 90s, I was super excited for this one! You're killing it Zach!

[@ZachMayfield]

duuude I've been watching your stuff as well mate, let's make a spec ad sometime!

[@user-hk7iy2vt5y]

Bless the world with this collaboration

[@nolannatashaTV]

@@ZachMayfield @nigelbarros dream team

[@mattdayphoto]

Changed skateboarding forever 🙌🏻

[@ZachMayfield]

makes me wish I was a skater honestly

[@JeffBourke]

The MiniDV CHANGED EVERYTHING!!! When I first got a miniDV cam the quality literally blew my mind. I couldn’t not believe how perfectly you could copy and edit. Amazing.

[@ZachMayfield]

That's so cool! I never grew up on DV but it's amazing how it revolutionized camera tech

[@Doomreb]

absolutely insane how legendary that camera is. you couldn't even get away from it if you tried back then being into skateboarding. i remember one kid, a high school age dude when me and my friends were middle school age, he showed up to camp with one. it was like he was holding the holy grail lol. if we werent skating we were asking to hold that camera.

[@ZachMayfield]

that's so cool, sounds like an amazing time to grow up as a camera kid

[@impatrickt]

7:06 i screamed that exact sound on the can this morning

[@ZachMayfield]

www.quora.com/What-s-an-appropriate-response-if-you-hear-someone-crying-in-a-public-restroom

[@CaydenLasher]

The creative structure and editing to this video is nothing shy of beautiful

[@ZachMayfield]

yo I appreciate you doggie

[@ericsternberger2768]

bought one 1997 - and still have it

[@ZachMayfield]

Same exact one? That’s a true tank

[@spencertorok]

the retro cam i've been waiting for! love that you mentioned the MK1 too

[@ZachMayfield]

wish you were here so i could film your epic sk8 moves

[@garypranzo9334]

I was at DV expo when Sony first showed it in NYC. They had the VX1000 and VX700 models on display. Back then I was not doing video full time and even the 700 model was elusive to me.

[@ZachMayfield]

Yo that’s so cool you were there

[@captureinsidethesound]

I remember editing footage on my Pentium 4 with a whole 1GB RAM, overlocked baby. Windows “Movie Maker” crashing every 10 minutes. Tower fans going full throttle. Those were the days.

[@fletzyproductions1190]

You should have gotten a firewire recorder, the clearclick uses RCA meaning you have a vhs quality camera that films only 30fps in your hands. The clearclick is a insult to vx footage, minidv has so much potential Also next time please turn off steadyshot when filming fish/wide angle. It makes your vig move Other than that the vid was amazing! Im glad you took the vx to film skating! Just got a subscriber Also there exists a hd camera just like the vx! The sony hdr fx1! (Or hvr z1 which is the professional version) it released in 2005 (2 years after the vx2100) and filmed hd video on minidv tapes!

[@ZachMayfield]

Mom won’t let me :/

[@fletzyproductions1190]

@@ZachMayfield 😂

[@leidenschaftprosekunde8307]

Dude, what an epic video. Kind of a philosophical interpretation of nowadays time we are in. Thanks for the great reminder. In times like this we can get stuck overwhelmed easily with todays opportunities. But as kinds of the 90 we have the responsibility to see the time we are in and write history again. Loved to watch, what a dang effort you put into making this. Lets give a voice to our meaningfulness and create great stuff. Thanks Zach. And congrats to 100K subs. 1Mio ahead. Sending love from Germany, Denis

[@ZachMayfield]

Thank you for the kindness my friend

[@gordinirojo]

you brought the first digital camcorder, and then procede to capture its analog output...

[@ZachMayfield]

It’s the only way to create true cinema

[@ekjuan123]

This just inspired me to purchase and crate with this nostalgic video camera that I once Dreamed of owning ! Thanks for the Calling 📹

[@westcoastplinkin6559]

Not just the VX1000 but the MK1 paired with the VX1000 changed skateboard filming.

[@howiespancakeshack]

I was at a film festival recently and saw a new feature film called foul evil deeds, the whole thing was shot on the VX1000!!!

[@tristano1984]

The VX1000 became popular in television production here in Italy, especially for low budget programs, videojournalism, travel shows. And don’t forget it was the camera that started Dogma95 cinema, with Lars Von Trier’s Idioterne.

[@WalkingInWisdom]

Aaahhh! Sony VX1000 made me some really decent video client relationships back in the day!

[@atkinson02]

Great video. Those THPS menus were off the chain

[@Ankeneering]

I saved what may as well have been a million dollars to me in 97 to buy two of these for my first doc. I loved them so much I seriously considered getting their image from the manual as a tattoo. These cameras were a miracle for filmmaking, for the first time, real digital video that was damn good and not cosmically expensive. It democratized everything in this world and I can’t overstate what a big damn deal these things were at the time. It’s kind of bittersweet considering the phone I time this from takes WAY better video.

[@Baldcafe]

Make a video about the Panasonic HVX200 next. Another iconic one.

[@derik_niez]

That’s the camera my friends got after they got sick of smacking their glitching/dying VX

[@ZachMayfield]

dare me????????

[@derik_niez]

As long as there is a section of praise dedicated to Century’s Xtreme Fisheye Adapter

[@vanraz]

@@ZachMayfield DO IT.

[@buddyfx7026]

Bro, killed it! I just got a Canon XL1s inside a Pelican Case with a custom cutout just for the camera. Even the foam on the mic was in great condition, tripped me out with nostalgia.

[@ZachMayfield]

thats so rad, I'll have to peek at that cam

[@EelcoRomeijn]

The biggest improvement was that you could stay away from analogue composite signals. Your footage could look way better if you used the DV tape and firewire capture.

[@ZachMayfield]

Mom wouldn’t let me :/

[@tekoppentekoppen761]

Had the PD150. One of the best cameras I have owned.

[@ZachMayfield]

It’s on my list to try!

[@AbdiPianoChannel]

I still have my old Sony PD 150 which is similar to this one. Do a video of Sony PD 150

[@raiinger5203]

this camera has influenced so many people especially in the skate community

[@AngelHernandez-vz3uw]

Gotta turn off that steadyshot with the wide angles dawg (behind the door on the back)

[@ZachMayfield]

apreesh you

[@prestongoes]

zach saying "booty ton" will 97% most likely get me saying "booty ton"

[@FilmSpook]

Your Every Video is a Masterpiece, my Good Brotha! Infinite Thanks! 😎

[@myownfriend23]

"The focus is hard to pull because the sensor is so small I'm guessing?" Actually, see where it says "3 CCD" on the side? That's referring to it's three 1/3" sensorS. Pro and prosumer cameras back then had 3 monochrome sensors. A dichroic prism took the light from the lens and split it into red, green, and blue channels that each sensor recorded. It's kind of the only proper way to record a red, green, and blue value for each pixel in the image which is why ENG cameras still use three sensors. Since those cameras only record SD (345,600 pixels), using a bayer pattern and interpolating the values would have introduced way more noticeable artifacts and going with a higher resolution sensor would have required shrinking the photosites and hurting it's low-light performance.

[@deanpeter2on]

You gotta cop a Century .3x now

[@jam_sk8_13]

Sick video dude - I bought myself a vx2000 and love to film with it :)

[@gabrielweiss2943]

you are a true spartan

[@BrandonTalbot]

The eagle screech had me dying

[@jakefelzien]

So damn good

[@ZachMayfield]

i actually recorded that myself

[@BrandonTalbot]

amazeballs@@ZachMayfield

[@eletor]

Didn't know it came in that chest, very cool

[@ZachMayfield]

right? I'm not sure if this is how they all came back then but I'll take it

[@milanboska3387]

If you like the VX 1000 look you should check the LENZ III video. Its a masterpiece of filming and mastering this legendary camera.

[@MrHaribo37]

loved this , especially with the skateboarding stuff

[@TightLoops]

I've owned and subsequently smashed to bits 3 of these cameras over the last 20 years. The first one I bought in 2005 saving up money from my first ever job washing dishes so I could film my friends skating came in that silver cargo box. It had a little note with it that said it belonged to Colonel so-and-so and was used in aerial footage during Desert Storm. Thats one of the often forgotten pieces of the VX's history, it's first major success came as a war time documentary camera during Desert Storm. Between bombs and flying skateboards, these cameras have been through a lot! Pretty cool to see some minty ones are still out there.

[@aldolega]

How could the VX1000 (released 1995) have been used in the Gulf War (1990-1991)?

[@TightLoops]

Jeeeesus christ! Good call dude, sorry, total brainfart. Desert Storm, not the Gulf War. My bad, I edited the original comment@@aldolega

[@aldolega]

@@TightLoops Desert Storm was the name of the US military campaign in the Gulf War 😄 If you bought it in 2005 I imagine it was probably used during the invasion of Iraq after 9/11.

[@TightLoops]

@@aldolega hmm. I'm getting even more confused now. I wonder if the camera was being used by the military before its public release, because it being used in desert storm is a well known factoid about it. I never even stopped to question the dates. I'm definitely not thinking about 9/11 though. I'm young, but I was still born in the 80's. Though the Gulf War was early enough in my life to hardly be a memory, 9/11 was a formative one, especially considering I lived in the middle east when it happened. I'm seeing several places repeating this statement, like this, from a RedBull Media article about the history of the VX: "As the first portable professional grade video camera, the Sony DCR VX1000 instantly empowered amateurs to produce television quality filmmaking at a relatively affordable price. Originally used by the US military in Desert Storm and later adapted by the adult entertainment industry and reality tv, the VX1000’s durability, grip handle, ability to pick up a full spectrum of colors and sounds sent an entire generation of skate videographers to war in the streets." But again, you're right, the dates don't make any sense. Its was definitely an important war time camera for the military. Here's a photo of it being used in '97 in Sarajevo. picryl.com/media/heather-odom-a-videographer-from-the-1st-combat-camera-squadron-charleston-a81f98 And like I said, my first one had a small card with it that detailed its use in aerial bombing imagery, but having heard the Gulf War factoid before I just automatically assumed that's when it was used. I supposed you're right and its likely it could have been used in Afghanistan. Either way, its durability made it a popular camera for war correspondents and military agents alike, even if the Gulf War thing is just an urban legend. I wish I still had that first VX now, I'm sure a little sleuthing of the Colonels name and rank would've revealed the answers, but 20 years on, I don't think any of the original materials are left.

[@ZachMayfield]

this is so sick, I didn't even see anything about that when researching it

[@jakefelzien]

Daddy’s back with another 🫡

[@ZachMayfield]

thank you my sweet sweet son

[@formerlydave]

Mom walks in, you're playing with your handycam

[@ZachMayfield]

coulda been worse

[@Baldcafe]

These videos are golden man. Never stop!

[@d2suarez]

Thanks for a great retro camera review.

[@willusionist]

Would you recommend this camera for studio work or more for b-roll? I see it doesn’t have interchangeable lens options in the Pennies catalog this year.

[@CuleradiPL]

Why would you use a crappy AV cable for Video instead of S-Video which would be almost the same as MiniDV in terms of quality?

[@seplayer]

I can recomment to get you something like a DV-Recording unit like the HVR-MRC1. And then you could still use your AV-Recorder as a screen/viewfinder.

[@ryanuriebuxton]

Yesssssss

[@derik_niez]

Multiple Andrew Reynolds’s FS Flips ❤

[@aaronaton]

Could you of not used an Svideo cable to connect the the camera to the monitor? Svideo is superior to composite.

[@ZachMayfield]

Mom won’t let me :/

[@onevin69]

Making a video about the VX1000 and not saying a thing about it's predecessor, the VX3/VX1 is a crime

[@TheButtaSpot]

The stabilization is better than my fx30 😐

[@Kaptainjack]

vx2100 takes a huge dump on the 1K n the GL2 is same size n better in every way as well

[@anthobee]

Next retro camera Canon GL1 or GL2. I own both and absolutely love the darn things.

[@ZachMayfield]

Def on the list

[@dorf_disco_eders]

Loved this! Maybe the DVX100 next? Filmed the first few seasons of Always Sunny and was influential, too

[@ZachMayfield]

It's on my list!

[@kylelowe]

I thought the Wooden Camera VX mic was an April Fools joke, but it wasn’t!

[@ZachMayfield]

such a cool idea for a mic

[@lensflaredave]

I still got a Sony PC100 that i use for artsy fartsy stuff like music videos.. Together with a crappy 1.33 anamorph lens.. Love it..

[@jovanadventures3113]

Just bought a Sony PD 170! 🙌🏽

[@ZachMayfield]

yo sick!

[@andewr]

Vx1000 forever

[@ZachMayfield]

amen

[@aguythatscool]

hey i've been wanting to get my hands on one of these and i'm just asking: how did you get past the language barrier with the Japanese text printed on the camera itself and all?

[@Mevi]

I picked one of these up in December. Using a dummy battery powered by USBC PD. I'm capturing direct to an android phone using a USB capture sick. I bought an old Mac Mini just for the FireWire, but the port is not working. Old camcorders are an expensive hobby. 🤔💸

[@ZachMayfield]

it really is an expensive hobby haha, but so cool that so many of us are interested in them

[@dct124]

Nah man, you're dead wrong for putting Suit Autumn from Halo CE 😂 Don't try getting us all nostalgic 😅

[@5amtoday]

How’d you get the nato clamp to fit on the monitor. I bought the one you had but it didn’t fit. Maybe I’m doing something wrong.

[@chrisw443]

My first paid gigs were with a version of this camera with xlr ports Sony Professional DSR-PD170. It was a press conference through school. It was awesome. I GOT PAID TO USE MY CAMERA! SEE ITS A REAL JOB DAD! I'LL DO WHATEVER I WANT! *cough* sorry, my emo teenager came out.

[@ZachMayfield]

I PROMISE I CAN MAKE ENOUGH TO PAY RENT JUST TRUST ME

[@cashoyboy]

man i need this rig

[@NicoEss]

I was more of a Canon GL2 guy myself but yeah the VX1000 was iconic

[@groinmr3470]

if you recorded on tape it would be better because the best qualkity is with a RGB capable output with link like PERITEL, or YUV, you degraded the entire quality of the footage with this composite or S-video output that is largely inferior to a real RGB Peritel output,

[@boxoffisa]

6:01 so Panasonic got shot in this video. I wanted a lumix but changed my mind. This guy roasted Panasonic in a casual way. lol.

[@ZachMayfield]

i probably killed any chance of working with em OH WELL

[@boxoffisa]

@@ZachMayfield 😅😅😅 sorry Zach, you roasted them so hard. Lol!

[@quentins2635]

What camera were you using at 1:17-1:22

[@davidsorrell1895]

Spicy potato taco is the real winner here.

[@ZachMayfield]

always

[@JudeHarrison]

i own 5 and i lovehate all of them

[@ufosweden]

Video RCA is not good. Try S-VHS instead. FireWire would be the best.

[@armin38822]

Ok wait a minute. How did you get a new one is all I want to know.

[@ZachMayfield]

Mom got it for me for Christmas :/

[@armin38822]

@@ZachMayfield that's a great mom

[@eg_link]

Loving the halo music

[@ZachMayfield]

there's more on the way

[@b_rodriguezzzz]

🔥🔥

[@Dylan90210]

They can't bring back the "it's a sony" badge" cause Sony isn't Sony anymore.

[@nortographer]

First Like and comment... Life long goal archived!!

[@charshii3745]

First like and comment on the first comment.

[@ZachMayfield]

BLESS

[@spicelord4782]

Do a review of Panasonic agdvx-100b. Nice little toy if you got FireWire converters

[@ZachMayfield]

I’ll check it out! So many people are freaking out that I didn’t use FireWire so I guess I’ll continue to not use it

[@imabigsandwich1292]

Hey man great video on the legendary vx, but I was wondering what camera or process you used to film this video? There was banding all over the place whether it was on your face, your car or the sky etc especially in the intro. Are you colorgrading in davinci? If so remember to turn the 3d lut intereptation to tetrahederal, should help the banding a bit, or are you in premeire? In which case you will be stuck with trilinear color intereptation which will cause a lot of banding. Or maybe you shot this in 8bit? Not too sure but I do know that a lot of sony cameras even in 10bit still struggles with color gradations, so maybe it might be just that, Also regarding recording from the vx, it would be way better/original dv quality if you bought a firewire dv/hdv recorder, there was a ton of different models that either used hdd or cf cards, like the very small and convinient sony mrc1, which will record the exact digital copy of a mini dv stream in dv 25mbps codec where you can just drag and drop the file into your nle of choice, that would be way higher quality then a crappy recorder recording out of analog composite signal

[@ZachMayfield]

my employee Ken Compton edited this video, you'll have to take it up with him

[@shitfuck124]

@@ZachMayfield dudes giving out some good and free info and help taking the time to type it all and explain it and you pretty much spit in his face ahha a simple thanks man ill give that ago or ill let my editor know would of went far

[@pleasestopvlogging]

I'm eating Taco Bell while watching this video.

[@ZachMayfield]

you win in life

[@noahsocold]

dopeee

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[@itwasme2435]

06:00 yikes LMAO

[@ZachMayfield]

gotem

[@Patrick_AUBRY]

Nah! :-) The perfect camera of that era was the Sony PD-150 That came right after and finally the PD-170 .

[@ZachMayfield]

I’ll peek for sure

[@adamreid5901]

Using composite cables instead of firewire, absolute cringe

[@ZachMayfield]

Imagine getting upset over a piece of plastic plugged into a piece of plastic from 1995

[@adamreid5901]

@@ZachMayfield you’re acting like an authority when you have no idea what you’re talking about champ.

[@ZachMayfield]

I actually invented firewire then realized it was dumb, I’ll dm you some resources

[@adamreid5901]

@@ZachMayfield no thanks champ

[@ZachMayfield]

@@adamreid5901so here’s one that I filmed on analog and it looks much better than firewyre - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGKql4Voaaxrbposi=FC4oNQtWruiqFHew

[@ClaudiuSassued]

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[@NoelUpton-m1c]

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[@booradley_fb]

Love my VX!

[@antiwealth]

firewire is king sadly analog is bad

[@vaibhav.singhal]

50 percent of your talking head shots are pointless

[@ZachMayfield]

Step mom made me do it :/

[@EastonOliver]

i love camera-centric nakeyjakey

[@ZachMayfield]

i'll never be on his level but I appreciate the love!

[@hempstead.studio]

great video dude VX is #1

[@dovid729]

the cheap recorder is so bad the colors are horrible thats not how a vx looks bru

[@navi6463]

Yeah it looks like it needs some picture tweaking or something, the camera can do better I’ve seen. I also cringed at using composite instead of svideo lol, please find an svideo cable zach!

[@dovid729]

that recorder is trash this guy needs to get a proper dv recorder like a mrc1@@navi6463

[@EposVox]

I love mine. Iconic camcorders need to make a comeback

[@ZachMayfield]

Thanks for checking out the vid man! Love your stuff

[@ehliogomme]

legendary review of a legendary camera

[@uualid]

Another banger, Mr. Tony Hawk

[@ZachMayfield]

thank you dad

[@ColtKirwan]

That integration was gold!

[@ZachMayfield]

Brooooo thanks for watching. Love your vids!!

[@NickedOff]

Another camera man from NE that ALSO loves retro Sony?! I didn't know more of us existed! I'll be subscribing neighbor! 📹

[@ZachMayfield]

Nebraska????

[@completeopposite]

My favorite combo was the DVX100B with the Guerilla 35 (or any 35mm) adapter and a Nikkor 35mm f/2. 24p and the “scene files” in the camera you could customize was instant-cinematic masterpiece footage of trees and potted plants around my house 😂

[@ZachMayfield]

yoo I'll have to check that out! I'm always looking for other cams to make vids on

[@jean-philippegrignom6479]

bro has the cleanest vx ive ever seen

[@BenHelweg]

Because it's from Japan

[@dylanjamesfilms]

how did you power the clear click in this

[@ZachMayfield]

Internal battery!

[@dylanjamesfilms]

@@ZachMayfield I’m thinking of doing a rig option powering through vmount or something Idk if it has to be 5v or not tho

[@securityg]

I have the CLEAR CLICK HD 4K converter for my CANON GL1 and my SONY Digital8 camcorders and it's a GOD SEND. Eventually all these tape-based camcorders are going to have some type of tape malfunction and if you still want that camcorder look, the best way is to use a CLEAR CLICK which you are doing. At least with the CLEAR CLICK HD 4K converter, it has a HDMI if you should ever use it on a HDV camcorder. - James D. Watkins, artistic director of PHOENIX PRODUCTIONS.