I Filmed my ENTIRE SUMMER on a CAMCORDER
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- In this episode we revisit last summer and why I filmed on my old camcorder instead of my professional cameras!
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you perfectly described the reason why I wanted to buy a camcorder. So many people have tried to reason with me saying it's the same as an iphone or a camera but just lower quality and I can't seem to put my feelings into words when I decided to have a camcorder. It was really the feels of making a core memory, living in the moment and just having fun without worrying about the technical stuff :)
camcorder is and will never be like the iPhone. keep doing you
what a bshit, camcorder is a crap, that is 100% true.
go buy used ultrazoom point-and-shoot, use a 30fps codec, auto mode, this is a proper stuff to deal with.
It will be as good as iphone 4-5, but with stab like 12 pro max
I felt this !
Dude this looks soo good. The camcorder gives it such a cool nostalgic feeling. It looks like a memory.
That’s what I love about the camcorder 💙
it s in the past of course it is a memory...
@@AndrewAhi TBH if you said that the footage was from 2005 I would've believed you 😅
@@AndrewAhi we got the same camera! I'mma try this, you inspired me!
Instant goosebumps in the first 15 seconds
This reminds me of how cool it is to have friends and do fun stuff during the summer
Stay strong bro!!! And leave your comfort zone (join a sports club e.g.), soon you will make nice contacts and friends. 🙂
what they said. get out there leave your comfort zone now. Life wont be easy and it never will be get comfortable being uncomfortable
this summer didny really have a chance to hang with friends but being alone has such a. soothing feeling to it
:(
Hey, we all want the sane thing: fun times with friends. We'll get them! Just be in the moment and leave your comfort zone
I've had a camcorder for many years, they're really perfect for capturing that early 2000's vibe and they're still in abundance so you can find a lot of them for cheap.
thrift stores are a great place to look!
THIS IS THE VIBE I WANT FOR MY FUTURE VIDEOS!
do it!
The difference reaction to recording devices is a spot on! I think if people got a retro camera pointing at them, they'd knew it for AESTHETIC.
all about the vibe of the camera
Cool video!! And yes, I agreed with you. This camera is about capturing the moment right in front of you. And the vibes from the footage feels so nostalgic so it makes like a precious memory. I will get that one soon for my next project. Thank you for sharing this.
thanks for the comment! Did you get one?
You make me miss something I wasn't a part of, created a core memory and it looks amazing!
Wow thank you so much!
This video perfectly testifies that if it's a fun life, then it's fun content (regardless of the camera). I love the ending footage!
Its never about the gear!
This video came at the perfect right time for me! I want to film my travels next summer but I just don't know how to film in social situations without it being awkward or taking away from the moment. I don't want to spend a lot on a tiny action cameras or change my personality to fit the vlogger stereotype. An older camera model is the way to go! Some people may hate the low quality but it actually adds something special to the shots. Amazing content, thanks for sharing! 📸
yesss, I always film everything in my life 'cause I'm a very nostalgic person, and I usually do it with my phone since I always have it with me. I love the quality of the videos I took with it because it really makes the colours pop, and the video os more stable. But two years ago I also bought a camcorder, and it was the best decision !! I use it for special occasions, like trips, and I feel like it creates a more secure atmosphere for my friends when I'm filming them ! People are more comfortable and themselves, which really is what I'm trying to capture !
This is my favorite RUclips vid of yours so far
Thank you Charlie 💙🙏
you doing this with a camcorder is the exact reason i got into analog photography.
With your phone or a high-quality camera, you capture a copy of whats in front of you 8K resolution 120fps whatever.
With an analog camera, you capture the moment you are in and burn it on a physical medium.
Its just a different level of preserving memories.
It really is!
love the vibes the old cam gives (also great music taste)
thank you, glad people are liking the music as i was unsure of that during the creation of this project haha
Lol I feel so nostalgic watching your summer montage even though I know none of you guys 😂 it’s amazing how this camcorder can make the moments looks so pure, fun and nostalgic. I should get one 😅
You have to get one! just imagine the feeling when its your footage and friends you see on your camcorder!
Gave me goosebumps. Well told story, sir.
thank you so much!
the camcorder effect is absolutely real and ive never been able to put it into words before!!! ive been carrying a camcorder around for months after a trip to iceland and i made so many friends! everyone loves the camcorder and i think the novelty and childhood nostalgia is what makes people so excited to be on it and i think reactions like that instead of embarrassment or shying away are so much better for video anyways. if you had the best quality everything but youu could on;y take videos that people look uncomfortable in then theyre not very good pictures, but you could be filming with the worst quality camera but if its all people waving and smiling and saying hi then i think thats the best quality you can find!! plus theres a lot of good ones that have really good audio and video quality that can be a lt cheaper than other cameras of similar quality, plus camcorder bags are small and dont take much to carry and theres still space for everyday things so you only have to carry around 1 bag and you dont have to give up possible protection for the camera! i love camcorders i am so passionate about the camcorder effect they are so amazing and wonderful
it’s so cool people are more comfortable with these cameras i love that
Think about it: 20 years ago, no mirrorless cameras, DSLR's were even new for the market and they were not shooting any kind of video, drone were just cyberpunk future for us. And in those days we only had our camcorder. Both for fun, memories and shooting short movies etc.
I am glad you had our nostalgic experience and spread this on internet!
Thank you!
man, reminds me of my own camcorder, a canon vixa hf r62. they even still sell a similar model today, the r800. the video is soft and lacking dynamic range, but the zoom is insane and its just plain fun.
way too much fun!
This video perfectly testifies that if it's a fun life, then it's fun content (regardless of the camera). I love the ending footage!
oh yeah its never about the camera!
Do you think nostalgia is the only reason why people are less afraid of camcorders or film photos? I personally have switched to film photography instead of iphone and I've had friends ask "Why" take a photo of them, but when I do they all pose and have a great time! I just wonder if its purely nostalgia or the negative associations we have with tech now.
i think its both. but I do believe there is negative associations with tech. If you take a photo on iphone people are instantly wanting to see and check if they look fine, plus add the social media into the mix. with film its simple and you cant see the photo. you gotta wait.
i think there's also a feeling that when someone records or photographs something with a phone, they are likely going to post it somewhere or send it to someone. i've done that a lot before honestly! someone takes a candid pic of me on their iphone and i feel the need to look at it, make sure they're not posting it to their story or sending it to anyone, take more pictures until it looks good. it takes you out of the moment and makes you feel insecure
smiled through the whole vid
Thank you💙
Man the vibes created by using an old point and shoot or camcorder are really something else. It's something that can't be mimicked by modern phone cameras or even dslrs
Nope! goes for film as well! check out the recent where I shot a bunch of film this past year and it has such a different feeling than digital
I love this dumb type of reminisce lifestyle. I live for it
same
Recording with older tech certainly gives it a retro vibe to it. I was glad I paid premium for a higher end consumer camcorder back when our first was born in 2009. Sony HDR-XR500 for about $1000. Paired with a budget Nikon D40 back then we were able to capture our kids early years in very good still to this day picture quality. Back when phones did not have great point n shoot cameras like they do now. When our next kid was born in 2018 I tried to consolidate to a single camera which back fired and I ended up with 4. Partly due to good local deals found like a $140 Sony RX100M1 and a Panasonic 4k Camcorder VX870 for $275. Over the years though we haven't kept our cameras out and regret missing much footage for the mundane day to day little moments. So this last week my Panasonic 4k VX870 is charged up and will start getting little daily/weekly captures of around the house antics from the kids as they grow. Camcorders might be dated with much smaller sensors but the form factor is very easy to grab and use. Just get as much light as possible and pay attention to holding it steady without excessive zooming.
Yo I totally just bought it! Stoked to add it to my bag! Thanks for the inspo!
where did u buy it from? send me a link please
Did you get the one from the amazon link and if so can you recommend it?
where did u get it from? whats the name?
After 2 months what’s it like honestly?
@@CrazyW. the one in the description is just like mine that i recently bought and i would say it's not really worth it, i recommend to search another Camcorder wich is at least a little bit more expensive than this one.
Edit: if you want one search for a JVC Camcorder
Awesome video! It is nice to just strip back the thoughts about gear and just shoot on such a simple device in personal settings. This was greatly put together, and the perfect length!
Thank you!
bro thanks so much for the recommendation!🙏🏽 just bought the camera and im planning on using this for my bday week since im going to a concert and cruise!
thank you!
i alwaysss love camcorder recordings they’re so nostalgic and beautiful. This was so cute🥺
best vibes ever
amazing, crying its so well edited
wow thank you!
This is exactly my idea of documenting my life and this video gave me a great amount of inspiration 💕
Going to Amsterdam next month with my cousins, so I will definitely think about getting a cam corder for it!
thank you so much!
Dude Yesss!!! I am tired of trying to get the perfect shot with all my camera gear. This makes it more unique.
Tysm, I was looking for a cam recorder recommendations for so I can record my vocation, this was so cool to watch
Glad I could help!
Okay extremely relatable i have been capturing the whole 2024 on cam coder and like giving updates everyday its so fun so far
I LOVE social media don’t get me wrong but I just love the nostalgia feeling of cameras and cam corders
cant beat it!
This is the best looking camcorder footage I’ve ever seen
thank you!
I think camcorders capture an authenticity that feels more personal to the audience. They are what we used for our home videos and so people feel a certain nostalgia when a video is recorded with one.
Your summer looks much more enjoyable then what I see on TikTok where Influencers try to tell me how good their summer was with their iPhones...good job!
I use a panasonic camcorder for wildlife photography since it's all I have. It's impressive what photos I can squeeze out of it sometimes
use the gear you got!
this is so inspiring! now i want to do the same next summer! thank you for this video!!
Go for it!
I did a similar thing with an old Sony handicam for one day last summer, it's my favourite video I've ever made 😇
Would love to see an edit of yours with no preamble just music and video ❤️
Its in the works!
@@AndrewAhi Awesome
Crushed it man, such good vibes
Thank you🙏
this was really fun to watch! thanks for sharing it 🫶🏼
Camcoders are the best for video. I don't why corporate companies don't make a big sensor camcoder, all the capability of the Sony FX30 in a small camoder like the AX700 and a removable lens. It would be the perfect camera for many many people!
that would be sick!
This is exactly why a recently bought a camera with wifi for the summer, that way I can easily acces the vids on my phone. Hope that my vacations and summer will look like this😜
that is the best of both worlds
Camera tech peaked in the 2000s for insane vibes
This kid in my track team bring his big camcorder everywhere and the difference in reactions to how ppl want to be in front of the vs a regular camera is crazy I think it’s bc ppl know the camcorder is just for fun
Love this! And love the choice of song
What song is it
@@kausthita11 Hunk Beach - The Walters
@@CalebHoung thank you!!
I feel nostalgia with that stuff, I passed my whole childhood doing that and I still 🥹🥹❤
time is a funny thing. it speeds up each year. its fun looking back and feeling nostalgic but dont forget to live in the present!
bro the sony camcorder that your parents used was my first camcorder too! sooo sick. I still use a handycam for some footage just for the feels
I love it!
somehow youtube recommended me this at the perfect time!! this is gonna be me and my twin's last summer before college so we have a bunch of adventures planned, and i want to use our old red camcorder to record them all, starting just next tuesday actually! i'm looking forward to my own camcorder summer even more now
what adventures are you going on?
I had a box of stuff at my mates I forgot about and he said there is a cam corder in there! When I go back to my home town Im so excited to pick it up and film on it again! Thanks for the inspiration
its so fun!
Hey Andrew! loved this video, super inspiring. What camera was it ?
carlsbad village is a total vibe !
this video brought me so much joy. i think im going to ask for one for my birthday. i have a one hour screen time limit and i think this actually might change my life. thanks for the video
Happy birthday and the less screen time the better trust me! you will remember the times you go do something as opposed to the tik tok videos you just binge watched haha
"The Walters" hit the vibe perfectly
These aesthetic ah videos are the reason old (normally cheaper) camera skyrocket in price for *nostalgia*
haha hopefully they dont go too high
This isn't even a real camcorder. It's a "scamcorder", basically a cheap old webcam made to look like a camcorder. A real name-brand (Sony, Canon, Panasonic, or JVC) camcorder would give you _far_ superior video and audio quality.
dude not to hate but i think you may have missed the point
@@angstymcgee6065 The point is, I don't want other people to be suckered into buying one of these scamcorders, thinking it's giving them anywhere close to the video quality that a real camcorder can deliver.
Imagine just looking over your fence and seeing your neighbour hit the gras with a shovel
yaaaaaa dude this made me so nostalgic for summer vibes!!!
Glad you like it! hope you have a sick summer
Great video, immaculate vibes in your video at the end. You've inspired me to get a camcorder :)
did you get one? how have you liked it I want to know!
Love your edits!
love this experiment man!!!
doing it again this summer!
This is so incredibly beautiful
Haha, this is the same camcorder I have, didn’t even think of using it this way so it collects dust but I’ll try this out
What's the name of it?
have not heard a walters song in a hot minute
This video made me cry. Its so sweet and alive
this comment made me smile!
I bought in 2009 and now I thought to use it and came to your video
Thanks
awesome! have you bee using it?
i can vouch for what you said about how people switch up when they see a camcorder ( kind of ) i took a digital camera to a house party one time and left it on the kitchen counter for everyone to use, and we had so many fun pictures to look back on. personally i prefer being captured on older hardware because since the quality is "worse" it doesnt bring out every detail of my face which i dont like lol
soooooo fun
beautiful mate gonna do it this summer 👏👏
YES! Tag me i want to see the video!
I recently bought a camcorder and have been taking some awesome pictures and videos of my family. So excited to do more!❤
how has it been going!
@@AndrewAhi it’s been really great! Was able to take some videos in Austria!
cool! im getting my camcorder next week so hopefully i'll like the quality as well
did you get one?
I’m gonna buy one and record my school year
So so beautiful!! This is the exact msg I needed
so glad you found the video!
I plan on doing something similar with a camcorder I bought after watching some of the old videos I used to make! How much storage did you end up using for all of the memories?
not much. I don't remember but I think I have a 32gb card and that's more than enough when you are working with bad footage lol
You - are you from San Diego county! I grew up in Norty County and some of those locations looked familiar!
I can’t imagine the one day where low quality iPhone videos are considered nostalgic as well
brooo theres no way
I have an old Canon Powershot A540 digital camera from 2006 and it get almost the sound and video quality. gonna take it with me to document my summer and first ever festival experience as well as my first time traveling to another country in 5 or 6 years
dude thats gonna be awesome!
Great stuff man! do you have the link of that specific camcorder?
i think its jcv quad proof, not sure which version though
@@mahraloki3854 is it the same one that u left the link for in the description
@@luciopaterno2850 not my video sorry but no it isn't the same camera thats linked. I would send u a link to the specific one he used but im not sure which version it is, the most i could tell is its a jvc quad proof
It is a JVC Everio Quadproof
The exact model is GZ-R15, from 2014 ;)
I sadly do not have the link as I think they do not make it anymore
Inspiring. Reminds me of all the camcorder footage I need to edit from the 90’s 🤩
You should!
i love this typa videos so so much!!! wish i could get one for summer! also, loved the behind soundtrack, what were the songs used?
Why dont you? and the song is called Hunk Beach
i’m in high school right now and one of my biggest fears is forgetting my memories, will definitely be saving up for a camcorder thank you!! 😎😎💗💗
Enjoy the time, it flies! and start documenting now!
Have you ever done a deep dive into why this camera causes this feeling? It’s definitely about the “look” of it but I’m unexactly sure what specific things make it that way
i think it also has to do with the pixels, these days the cameras we use are so similar to what we see in real life, but back then, even if this camera is amazing quality, lots of cameras had that pixelated grainy audio & camera, it brings a lot of us back. the coloring too.
@@iwannabne why is it pixelated? Is it from low resolution? Or what is causing this?
And I actually don’t see any of this pixelation you’re talking about. I only see the dirty, soft image because of how deresolute it is. Like a softness and not a sharpness to everything.
Like I just watched the video again and I don’t think a single item had a definite type of sharpness to it in the camcorder segments
@@iwannabneIts actually the opposite with your first statement. Most of these camcorders have more muted and realistic colours while modern phones accentuate the colours and smooth the skin etc while camcorders capture what is actually there as it is.
@@WhoIsJohnGaltt The camcorder in the video is a cheap JVC model, the one in the description is a cheap chinese camcorder. In both of these, the lack of sharpness is caused by low quality lens elements and small, cheap sensors.
I have a video coming out this week on why the camcorder effect works!
Congrats to ya" i use my camcorder for music videos..the 4K seems to hold up pretty well & never out dated. Simplicity is The Key!
It really is!
Love the vibes! Great idea 👍
yew thanks!
love your perspective it made me cry lol!!!!!
glad you liked it!
pov: you're that person that films everyone but no one films you and YES that sucks
hahah that is so true
this should soooooo be a trend yo!
yes please
Can you show what you did with the settings if you did anything?
this video made me buy one... ill record my summer with this , thank you.
summer is coming up you still gonna do it this summer?!
@@AndrewAhi already bought one! I'm ready haha thanks for the inspiration!
Yes bro I'm doing the same thing. I use a jvc gr compact camera and I plan on buying this kind of camera for the same vibes. Keep up the good work 💪🤝
do it! thank you so much
damn- this shit bout me to make me cry with your summer footage
anyways yea there’s definitely something satisfying when cleaning up and coming across an old thing just to put it into use again once more
Glad you enjoyed it!
God take me back. Gonna start rolling on my Sony camcorder this spring/summer partly cause of nostalgia and partly because i already shoot film so i might as well start vintage video too. Generally, if yall have cams at home please put them to use
everybody loves a good camcorder vid
I used to have a little waterproof camera and I’d take pictures and record videos with it all the time. I don’t know if I even have any of that footage anymore. I recently bought a camcorder and I want to start using it more.
use it! summer is on the way!
Such a sick look
so fun to make them!
Great song choice, haven't heard it in years.
many of their songs are slept on
what's the name of the song?
I have a camcorder i never use, gives the same look, got it from Grandma, I'm going overseas for the summer with my older sister and i cannot wait to record it!
so sick! tag me in the video i want to see it!
@@AndrewAhi will do!!!!
My summer started at the beginning of May. Its my last summer before college and May was already pretty eventful/emotional. I want to do this but im afraid that i’ve already wasted my window of opportunity.
Graduation ceremony was last saturday and I just shared my last dinner with my batchmates of 12 years yesterday at the graduation ball. I’ll never see them again until maybe 2030, so i don’t know if I have any other moments i want to capture or could capture
you should definitely still do it. I recently graduated as well, and I am already feeling that disconnection from my then friends. We never know what is going to happen, and I’m making the best out of my own energy, and the people who love me. I want to still get a camcorder, but I was scared that I already missed the big events that happened. which I’m somewhat is true, but there’s so much to the future. I would say to still get it🙂
I understand how you feel. It has been 6 years since i graduated highschool lol and I was super worried about never seeing my friends again. and guess what, a lot of them i am no longer friends with a lot of them. about a hand full i keep in contact with through texting and calling. but i have made new friends and a lot are even closer than the ones i had in highschool.
and i think you should still get a camcorder. you just never know when you might find yourself on an adventure. so you want to be ready! sure you may feel you missed your window of opportunity but lets say you go back to school on August 1. you still have a full month so you should make that month worth something. hangout with old friends, current friends or make new ones. you got this!