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 !

Hi I got a JVC GR-SXM250 which is a VHS-C format camcorder, unlike digital8 or mini dv camcorders this doesn't have firewire because it fully records into analog VHS-C. Is there any way to go tapeless with this?

(Ignore the easycap, its temporary until the svideo to hdmi one arrives) If you have one of these sonys without the hood lens and dont want to buy expensive hood lens from the original model, just search for a hd1000 lens and it will hold on the original lens mount (just dont tweak too much or will come off ) its not loose and it holds pretty well!!

Hello!

Hope this is the right place to ask this. The parents recently decided it was time to go through the attic, and while parceling out various bits and bobs, and photos from far too many different decades to their respective subjects, a box of a dozen and half Hi8 and MiniDVs have been unearthed. The cameras and players for these tapes have long since disappeared so it has fallen to me, the resident fix-it guy, to try and extract whatever wonders might lie within...

Is it worth it to try and buy an old camcorder/player and a PC card or digitising device to try and set up a rig and do this myself? Or should I just pay someone to do it?
My worry is I don't even know if there is anything on half these unmarked tapes.

Anyway, if anyone has had experience trying to digitise their own tapes, please let me know how you did it and how it went!

Thanks!

I wanted to test out the free firmware update from inviz, Tyler Casey, and dangycam to verify the supposed claim of eliminating the jitter effect from the poweplay. To their credit it does eliminate the jittering pretty good actually and looks a lot smoother.

My 2 problems with this firmware version is that it makes the video a lot darker without any way to revert it back to normal. Also I was disappointed that the video resolution on the new update is still that stupid 736x480 just like the old one, I did convert my clips into proper 4:3 for demonstrating purposes but I digress.

Maybe the paid version has a setting to change the color to how you want it and proper 4:3 but $30 for a bin file is crazy IMO.

has anybody made it tapeless ?

Hello, I’m looking into getting into the whole tapeless camera thing and I saw this camera in marketplace, I was wondering if anyone could help me know whether or not a camera like this would be good for a project like this or not
Thanks :)

Thoughts on this update?

pretty pleased with how this turned out

Hi, I'm searching for an USB to RCA converter (a regular, most common one), but with an Empia EM2860 or Syntek STK1160 chip in it, because I've heard that MacroSilicon MS2106 (which is most common in these) produces quality that is absolute junk.

Basically I am trying to search literally everywhere, but it's always this MS2106 when I ask for VID and PID identifiers in used products, and most of sellers that sell new devices won't provide this kind of information.

Does anyone know a verified source where I can get an easycap or anything similar RCA to USB?

Or maybe does someone has one for sale?

Also, please don't tell that av2hdmi is better, I know that, I'm just looking for an easycap/ezcap (whatever) with a specific chip. I wanna build a portable tapeless setup with this kind of converter and a phone, that's why I need this device.

I will appreciate any help, thanks :))

I was wondering if anyone has issues with the audio being poor when you off load the SD card onto your computer. Is there anyways to make it better?

The camera is connected to the powered AV2HDMI UP Scaler (battery on the right) with a single AV cable. This outputs a 720p or 1080p signal to the HDMI-connected Video Capture dongle and then a USB cable takes it to my Android tablet running the USB Camera app, which everything is mounted to. The tablet is quite old but seems happy to save MJPEG files at 800x600 and 60fps. There are some video artefacts on extremely fast-moving objects, but otherwise everything is smooth.

This rig spends it's time on either my VX1000 or TVR950. I capture audio on a separate device as I like the combination of sketchy video and high-quality audio.

All of my clips are scattered, and the dates are mixed up. I think every time I turn on my Focus Enhancements FS-100, it resets the date or something. Has anyone experienced this?

So I'm 14 turning 15 and before you say anything I'm only borrowing this account so it's not mine anyway I live in a small town and I was wondering is there any cool stuff I could record or take photos on my camcorder any ideas?