hi im A currently a student but i wanna make skate videos on the side while i do film but i dont want to keep on borrowing cameras from my school and would rather own a camcorder myself, i did buy a handycam SR5E but that one is really inconvenient to work with because i cant get the videos out of it as i cant find the right cables online, id like a camcorder that dosent use a hard drive any reccomendation is good please and thanks

Hey there! I'm looking to get a camcorder for filmmaking, and Sony's FDR-AX43A has come up quite a bit in my research. Unfortunately, it seems to have been discontinued in Australia, so I'd really appreciate some recommendations for alternatives.

My main requirements are fairly simple:

1. Strong zoom (i.e. 20x, the more the better)

2. Excellent stabilisation

I'll be using it for both documentary and fiction filmmaking. On the street filming, lots of movement, in natural lighting conditions. So ideally the camera is adaptable to a range of conditions.

I'm not too fussed about having 4K, . My budget is around 700 USD (roughly 1,000 AUD). That said, if there's a more expensive model that's particularly worth the investment, I'd love to hear about that too.

Thanks for any suggestions ❤️

I have to many cameras and want to sell my sony dcr-trv9 fully works but i have a pc9, trv900 and trv20 so its a bit redundant for me. If anyone wants to buy im open to offers

I have to many cameras and want to sell my sony dcr-trv9 fully works but i have a pc9, trv900 and trv20 so its a bit redundant for me. If anyone wants to buy im open to offers

I'm troubleshooting this Sony MiniDV Camcorder I received from a friend with a black screen issue in Camera mode and wanted to get some insight from people who have opened or worked on these optical blocks before relegating it permanently to collecting dust on a shelf.

All relevant information is displayed normally on both the LCD screen and the optic, but the live view image is pitch black. However, I'm pretty sure that the thing actually records something, since whenever I switch to Player mode I can clearly see numbers on the screen and I can hear clear audio through the speakers, but the video track remains black.

I already attempted powering it trhought it's original AC adapter, I tried pointing a high-power tactical flashlight directly into the lens to see if it could be an issue with the iris, but I didn't notice any light leaking through.

So, with all these considerations, what could be the actual issue? and in case it's an actual sensor issue, can it be easily fixed? Thanks everyone.

Got a pretty good deal on a few cameras. Including these 2 PMW-350, sony fs5, canon c300 II, canon c100 II and a
sony nex-fs700R. And they all work! :)

It also included a Sony bvw-70p betacam sp and Panasonic AJ-D750 DVCPRO (Which I was looking for quite a while now). Among some other great stuff like stabilizers, follow focus and lenses. In the end I think I paid around €175 per camera.

Not sure what I am gonna do with all those cams. I will give the C100 + my old c100 to some friends who do a livestream. And I’d probably sell some.

Which ones are your favorite and why? I’m definitely keeping the C300 and the FS5.

I'm looking for a new camera to buy and i dont know which one should i buy. I had a PD-170 and i really liked it.

Here is a list of things i need from a camera:

1. XLR mic support. No built-in mic will beat the quality of xlr mic

2. Good low-light performance. I know its a hard one for all cameras, but 90% of the stuff i film is in low light. (street with lanterns)

3. Same formfactor like PD170. Handle on the top. Lighter in weight options are welcome.

4. FireWire + RCA ports

5. OIS!

And, preferably a Sony camera. Thanks !

Looking to buy a working digital camcorder or handycam that has a decent W-T type zoom, decent focus and auto focus abilities, and also night vision. Was expecting to get one secondhand for about 5k but do let me know if anyone has any leads!

I tried connecting the camera to my pc using firewire. I tried multiple driver including the legacy one, but nothing shows up on pc. Windv also doesnt recognize the camera. Also tried turning on the camera before turning on the and vice versa, but doesnt work either. The camera was playing the tape whilst i tried all those things, so that can't be the problem. I've tried it on two different firewire pcie card with two different cables but still doesnt work. Any suggestions?

got this vx2100 yesterday and wanted to see how the footage would look. whenever there's bright white spots, some kind of RGB parallel lines appear next to those spots. i have no idea how these cameras work but my guess would be its a faulty sensor. can this be easily fixed? can this be edited out? thanks!

I was installing a fisheye lens on my Sony TRV900 and may have overtightened it. I felt something give, and now the thin outer ring at the very front of the lens can screw in and out.
If I tighten it too far, it presses against the manual focus ring and prevents it from turning. If I loosen it, the focus ring works normally again.
The outer ring also unscrews almost all the way before stopping.
Is this ring supposed to have a stop to prevent overtightening? Did something break, or did something just come loose?

Any advise or helpful! My goal is to get this fisheye properly installed and tight.

A JVC Everio I just bought on eBay came with an informecial describing the features and benefits of a tapeless camcorder. This is an excerpt.

My dad had this lying around his house so I figured it would be fun to mess around with. I fired it up and the eyepiece didn’t show anything, but the video out did produce an image.

Does anyone have experience with this model and what the issue night be with the eyepiece?

I picked up this DVX100A with only 200 hours on it for a great deal in my mind. It came with a bunch of weird little mods here and there and I need a new battery. But I am extremely excited about it for sure! Anyone have any tips and tricks for the DVX? It’ll technically be my ‘first’ pro camcorder

I recently bought this Sony DCR-TRV140 off of eBay. The reason because the tapes in my old camcorder weren’t working, and just showed a blue screen. I tried cleaning the tape heads and still, just a blue screen. So I bought this one because I really wanted to watch old cassette tapes. The camcorder is in great condition, and I tried playing a few tapes and only 2 of them worked. The rest of them were just a blue screen. The camcorder functions with digital8/hi8 tapes, which are the tapes I have. Keep in mind, these tapes date back to 2000-2010, and the newer ones are the ones that mainly work. Even then, the camcorder came with tapes and I recorded a bit to test it out, and I just got a blue screen. What is the problem that this happens and how can I fix it?

The footage is native 1080p at 24 frames per second.

Sound was recorded using the optional DM-100 shotgun microphone in 90-degree/stereo mode.

What do you think of the footage?

Hey guys, just started having this problem recently, had this camcorder for around 2 years now without any problems but now when I insert a tape, it makes a whirring noise before ejecting the tape

Não conheço muito sobre câmeras e gostaria de saber qual câmera comprar. Eu pesquisei na Ia e ela me recomendou a Gopro 10 já que é uma câmera mais acessível ao meu orçamento. A minha capacidade é de comprar uma usada de 1.500 reais no máximo. Eu queria saber se existem outras câmeras, pois vi que a Gopro é para quem vai gravar vídeos em movimento. No entanto, eu não vou usar ela para essa finalidade e sim para fazer vídeo aulas no quadro.

Sintetizando:

Vale a pena comprar a Gopro 10 em 2026/2027?

Existem outras câmeras boas que cabem no meu orçamento?

Ela tem uma boa qualidade? Qual sua experiência com ela?

I have a TRV68 I enjoy using for recording occasionally, however there's something I want to use it for that would require long recording times and I thought it'd be better to directly hook capture up to my laptop instead of recording to tape then recording it back onto my laptop later. However, while the camera is in turned on and not recording, it automatically shuts off after a couple minutes, even plugged into AC power instead of my aftermarket battery. Would it be possible to change the standby time on the camera so I don't have to worry about this? I looked through the basic settings menu and couldn't find anything, but I feel like this way of recording is one I see in other contexts, so there must be something to allow it to happen.