Using one of the VHS cameras we bought at the bootfair that smells slightly of urine and that can only be described as grimey, we have finally managed to record some test footage onto tape. Initially when me and Andy were sorting through the cameras and assessing their use we didn't have a recordable tape to try out. I managed to get hold of one earlier tonight and me and Faysal tried it out:
The colours and distortion are really nice, it is recording sound (albeit quietly) and I think it could be really effective for what we need. The main draw back is that we can only shoot indoors with it because the batteries are dead and needs to be run off mains power but I think this will be the case with 80% of the VHS cameras left out there from what I can tell.
This feels like an exciting development anyway, we grew up with VHS and it definitely took me to a rather nostalgic place, it has such charm despite being such a sub-standard and degraded medium by todays standards.
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