The History of Skateboarding's Favorite Camera
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2020
- After seeing one too many of our written articles get turned into RUclips articles by rats left and right, we’ve decided to try our own video essay style content.
To start off this new experiment, we wanted to take one of our favorite old articles, an investigation into all things VX1000 originally written by Nic Dobija-Nootens for our second book, Jenkem Vol. 2, and bring it to life for even our most illiterate followers.
We tapped a dude with a good voice, Alex Coles, to help us visualize and narrate the reporting, and the end result, (while still a little vloggy to keep the kiddies interested) is a good first step toward our total domination of the RUclips blogosphere.
MORE INFO: www.jenkemmag.com/home/2020/09...
Original VX1000 Article: www.jenkemmag.com/home/2018/07...
you guys did such a great job on making a story about a camera so fascinating
Woah it’s llusion
Yoooooo I love your remixes
They really did
Illusion wtf are u doing here? Do u skate?
Hsu nollie back heel still makes me shiver with joy
one of the best tricks ever caught on film
@@Erik-cq4vc at least at that spot. I'm still a fan of reynolds bsflip at wallenburg.
Jenkem is going to explode with the quality of this kind of content, Mark my words
Already did. It’s one of the best skate media
I mean they are at 101k subs so I think they are pretty poppin rn
This scrappy up and coming "Jenkem" thing is gonna be big! Big I tell you!!
I found this video absolutely riddled with ridiculous statements. I was a professional skate filmer during this time so I'm intimately know the whole story inside and out, and I was also blown away they got technical things wrong too. I wrote a larger comment with a breakdown of the problems so I won't repeat it here. I downvoted this dreadful, dreadful video.
I’m a former news cameraman from that era, we used this camera for sports, floating sports cam, and on special assignments. It did well at night too. Then we upgraded to the P2 bucket cams. Back then it was only 2g of storage, later on it went up to 64g. My favorite cam was the JVC GY101, sure it was heavy, and the lens was long. But it was a badass for it’s day.
“Ga Ga GangStarr.....one of the best yet”. Dammmmm. So many skate vid tunes
Its all good in this buisness of rap
I remember back in the mid 2000’s being so jealous of the “pro filmers” near me running a VX and death lens when Injad a jenky handicam and tiny clip on fish eye converter...
oh man the clip on lens, I remember around 07-08 there was a "raymod" where people were combining the clip on Raynox fisheye with some other wide angle (maybe sony) lens.
@@davebell06 holy shit man i remember this!
davebell06 yea I did that by following a tutorial on skateperception. You literally glued this piece of glass from the other lens onto the raynox or whatever the lens was called. It’s been so long I can’t remember. I do remember that it made it a good bit wider. I had that on my GL2 for a bit until I was able to get the mk2. I will never know why I got a GL2 back then. All my friends including our filmer who was very popular on skateperception told me to get a vx1k or 2k but I was a kid so of course I wouldn’t listen. I think I just liked the way the GL looked. Haha thank god I don’t base decisions in my life off looks anymore.
That was me man! The thing I was most jealous about was the handle on the camera actually. I basically had to palm mine like a ball when I was filming lines. I wanted a handle soooo bad. I miss that camera and clip on fish eye though.
Great video bro, animations are really nice
Thanks for including us! Vx1 ♾
Such a good job on this. FR stoked on this one. Thx Jenkem
i am 35, and hearing Photosynthesis described as "raw" when it was hyper-produced(for it's time) is totally hilarious. thank you for this video, quite the trip down memory lane.
Same here (same age too), but I do remember seeing Photosynthesis for the first time and it had such an impact on me. It showed me that skate videos could be art. I watched it every day for a month straight.
Same age as well, I agree with the art project reference. What was Welcome To Hell shot on?
The Mr. Dibbs soundtrack was absolutely killer. I still have my VHS.
Nah memory screen is as raw as it could get. Even before the VX.
I’m not the best at skating but I’ll be one hell of a skate historian thanks to Jenkem
but thats important!! lots of kids these days can skate but dont know the history!! keep it up
Just read the article a couple days back while taking a dump... coincidentally 3 days later taking another dump watching this video.
Lecture quality material
I’m 100% positive that Fully Flared took longer than four years to make
Pretty sure it was 5
i thought 7, maybe im think of a different video
@@ryanhingorani4019 7 is the correct answer.
B Anon Didn’t Stay Gold take a long time to film also?
@@ryanhingorani4019 Stay Gold had 7 years between release dates with this is skateboarding. TIS came out in 2003, Stay Gold came out in 2010
that was awesome. The VX1000 has started so many careers of filming. It was a camera you could film with, learn about, and also hustle. Buy them, fix them, clean them, find the missing accessories and then sell for a profit. I learned how to film with a vx1000 and also how to hustle. High school and college - the VX days. Sold it to upgrade into the HD world and started making money filming things and into a full career. Wish I still had it as shelf art with the big MK1. what a classic look
in crust we trust
used to get so hyped to watch your stay stackin edits on skateperception!
@@DilbertHernandez !!! Sick hell yeah !! Staystackin yallreadyknow
the title card in the style of old sony manuals. nice touch, also now i know why so many skate videos all look the same
What I think is interesting is how neglected the dvx100 is, it’s basically the vx’s older brother that can shoot in 30p and is now far cheaper. I’m a filmer from the middle of illinois and I was able to find mine for around 170$, and it has some serious raw power for the mini dv age. A lot of people claim the colors (which are very very tuneable) and the mic (which is pretty much the same) are worse than the vx, but I think they are honestly much better and much more pleasing.
Agreed that the DVX is under rated, there's some "Energy" parts on Thrasher that are filmed with it. I'm a VX guy but I still appreciate some DVX footage.
I filmed the What the Fuck is a Bachinsky video and all the City Skateboards podcasts mainly on a dvx100b and I loved it. I just got an old canon xh-a1 off ebay and experimenting with its hybrid style HD.
Many cameras could shoot 30p back then, even cheaper ones. The selling point of the DVX was 24p, not very useful for skating unless you carefully compose the shot.
jenkem, if you continue with these videos i promise the reach will be worth it, in the case of the vx1000 article this video felt planned from the get go. loved it.
This is why i love Jenkem. I had the VX1000 & VX2000 both with death lenses. I had always fantasized about having one after seeing Emerica TIS, and Girl Yeah Right. We made some dope memories and videos on my channel. Then slowly Majer Crew was born and we all upgraded to DSLRs. The VX will always have a special place in my heart❤️
I prefer vx2100. It was a great documentary cam.
I just got one as a gift from a retired filmer 🙏🏾😭🙏🏾
Deeply grateful 💙
Started with a Panasonic NV VZ 17 Vhs-C in 2018, updated to a Canon XM1 mid 19 and finally last week I got the VX 🙏🏾💙🌍💦
This video made me appreciate the camera and the gesture of 'the best filmer around' even more. I will live up to this, Niels. BIG TY 💪🏾
CV2020 soon...
Absolutely incredible quality of content, I am excited to see skateboarding culture so rigorously examined, with careful analysis and well-constructed graphics. This Jenkem video decidedly slaps
Thanks Jenkem! I love the long form videos that are packed with info :)
so glad kerry at video electronics gets a mention. i think this my first time actually seeing what he looks like after knowing about him for almost 12 years haha. he's fixed my vx multiple times, and even translated the menus from japanese to english. dude's a g
This is incredibly well narrated and edited. Really upping the quality. Appreciated
this is so well done, the amount of info, the details, the footage, the history.... awesome all around
BAKER 3 was filmed on the Sony TRV900
are you sure?
Cremig Productions a lot of it
Yep a lot of it was 900, a thread-on version of the death lens and not a bayonet mount like vx. Beagle acquired the lens from me and I got the lens off J.Strickland which had previously filmed baker 2g and baker bootleg stuff
@@buttonpusher2338 hence the clip of beagle sawing the glue to get the lens off. That’s dope, thanks for the reply that’s legendary
Yea TRVs were dope. I had one before I got my GL2. The fisheye that went on the TRV was called a “baby death” as in baby death lens. I don’t remember what it was actually called.
This was an awesome video, it was informative, put to together really well, it was engaging, and it was funny!
I really enjoyed the facts, the history lesson and the end with the note on the lasting effect the VX has had on skate culture- please keep videos like this coming Jenkem much respect
Thanks for this and congrats on 100k!
Never clicked so fast in my life.
Same.
Best VX history video I have ever watched. You offered detail where detail is due. I love skateboard media and history produced by skateboarders. Thank you Jenkem.
Ps tasteful touch with Miltons track from mouse. RIP KM
yall are gonna blow up if you keep making this kind of content. so good! id recommend looking at thescore esports' channel as a reference.
edit: watched the whole thing and still loved it but it could use more interviews. hearing the quotes from the skaters themselves in the epicly later'd series is what sticks with me.
Jenkem you're killing it with these!
This is such a well made doc! And the nostalgia.... love it!
Full of information & extremely well put together video. Very fascinating! Nice work.
the juxtaposition between the vx rail to rail 50 clip and the hd rail to rail 50 clip was impeccable. that attention to detail shouldn't go unnoticed. jenkem is made up of consummate professionals
CONGRATS ON 100K JENKEM! well deserved
Made me nostalgic for puffy shoes and TSA pants. Awesome video.
Jenkem always has the content I wanna watch!
that was amazing! thank you for making this!
Jenkem has done it again. Great video, thanks guys
this is so well-edited, why does this not have more views?
8:10 I think it's the aspect ratio that does that, not the lens so much
nah it’s still the fish eye . you can use different ones and notice the subject get closer or further as well as the surroundings. it’s the reason i won’t use certain fish eyes
I respect that camera but I'm so glad everything is HD.
absolutly! I think now if the quality is that bad in todays day and age , videographers are just cutting corners.
hd does not have the golden colors of a vx1000. vx1000 forever
does anyone else nerd out on the background music?
what's the song?
@@bmxskate19 Hahaha
Awesome doc guys, that soundtrack, keenan forever at the intro, all the digging work, all the references, footages, voice copyrighting, I got all, that’s so cool as filmmaker and skateboarder to saw that
Baker 3 was filmed on a trv900 beagle even said that in an interview
This is incredible! Great job jenkem
WE NEED MORE OF THESE DOCUMENTARIES!
i fw this style of video heavily somehow this is exactly what i've been searching for
I love this video!! Please make more mini doc type content! I love the usual stuff as well but this was just extra sick.
Probably one of the best videos on RUclips!!
Dear Mr. Jen Kem, thanks for posting this. Nice work Alex!
Great job, love the instruction manual credit sequence too.
Anyone who loves VX skate footy, you will love Spirit Quest! It might be hard to find, or it might be on RUclips by now, but the shots on that video is not only mind blowing, but incredibly creative and innovative.
When the guy smashed his vx1000 to the ground my heart dropped
Please make more of these this was dope
yooo these videos are dope !! keep them coming
This was put together so well.
I remember in the late 2000s when people were trying to move away from the vx1000 to the vx2000 or the vx2100 and it was a big debate on skateperception and now people are still having those debates but with better cameras. affordable by amateurs is not that true because they were still a couple grand brand new.
A couple filmers made the vx2k and vx2100 with a modded mk1 look good. Chris Burt comes to mind.
We had the 1k mk1 forever. My other buddy ended up getting the 2k with mod mk1 which I actually liked. I wasn’t a big fan of the 2100 other than it’s quality in low light. My dumbass had a GL2 mk2 😂. My og perception name was Hunt16er just like my Instagram to this day.
Fuckin' Skateperception. Now that is a name I haven't heard in a long, long time. What a flood of memories that just gave me after reading your comment.
I miss SkatePerception! 💔
The 2100 wasn’t as good for skate filming it was bigger and it felt less durable. But that lowlight was basically witch craft back in the day.
My buddy had the gl2 and that was nice and compact but i remember it used to glitch all the time
Very well done! Thank you!
This is why I love you guys
We where talking about this camera at the park today. Such a good content Jenkem!
13 mins of JENKEM I LOVE IT
Killer documentary!!!!! You guys kill it
Well put together. Thank you.
The vx1000 were also really popular in bmx videos and I remember wanting to buy one as a teenager, it has an incredible authentic style.
But today a panasonic gh5 with a Sam yang, Canon fisheye are the way to go, a skate video shot in 4k 60fps, high bit rate colour and some great colour grading is superior,
Great documentary, thanks.
Thx jenkem for this
Brings back memories. Thanks for the compilation. Let's also not forget Stacy Peralta and his stunning production skills and video studio featured in Public Domain. I filmed on the Canon XM-1. Loved the color science better than Sony's. The mic wasn't as good as the VX1000 though. I used the Century deathlens with bayonet mount.
thanks jenkem for the gold content
A lot of the shit you guys make is amazing, but this is next level shit. It’s as professional as it gets.
Great job on this, so educational
How is beagle not mentioned in this???
JENKEM PLS DO A FULL VIDEO LIKE THIS ON THE MK1 VS THE XTREME 🙏🙏
So glad Kerry got a shoutout
I filmed my sponsor me tape on VHS in 1987’. I think that’s all there was
When I was filming skateboarding I started out with JVC handy cams in 2006, eventually moved to Panasonic HMC150 with MK2 lens and I still remember the day I put a VX1000 in my hand. I had filmed for almost 2 years straight every day with the HMC150 and when I got that VX in my hand you could tell the camera was just different. I remember talking shit at first because it wasn't HD and I really cared about quality at that time, it didn't have a fold out screen, you couldn't playback the footage with out messing up the headers on it. I was talking to my buddy bobby asking him how do you even get the feel for the this camera if you can't see where the frame lines are for reference before you start filming and he just told me "Trust me just point and shoot that's all you need for this camera." We took that footage home and I was truly blown away I have never seen something so wide, so steady, and so smooth. It's one thing to have a camera that's light and feels good in the hand but to produce amazing results too... the VX was something else. To this day I cannot get as close to skating as I could with anything like the VX could. As much as I love the VX I think it's time to move on but I think the biggest issue right now is no one has standardized filming skating like they did with the VX. It used to be if you wanted your footage in 411 or you wanted to film for Younited Nations you had to submit VX footage. I think they need to standardize a camera again so and people will build a following and love/appreciation for a style of filming. There isn't really a "Look" for filming skating right now and I think it would be nice to have that back. But take it that with a grain of salt, I'm just some old boomer sipping his morning coffee at my work desk and reminiscing about skating back in the day.
Damn that background beat at the first was from an older vid...Hot Chocolate maybe !!?? Hmmm. Awesome memories!!!
baker 3 i think
this brings a tear to my eye
omar salazar mind field! Thank you jenkem for jogging my memory
Man that part has really stood the test of time for me. Might just be my favorite.
Yo this was FANTASTIC🙏📽📽
Soooo damnnnnn good and really well done!!! congrats and thanks for this piece!
Great video
This is AMAZING. This is the kinda nerdy skate stuff I love
This was rad.. thank u Jenkem
Really cool. Thank you for this!
I got the PD-150 in 2002 after college. I used that thing for so many fun snowboard and rave videos
Read the article a bit ago, solid vid
Great video but it was hard to read the part where the VX complaints article was highlighted
I got a vx 2000 off Amazon years ago and it’s works fine other than the menu scroll button is glitchy but it’s still puttin in work💪😤
Amazing video!
recently broke out my old agez1 and was doing some captures. analog to sdi to pro res hq capture. when i got the footage into davinchi resolve i was surprised to see the footage was not compressed into the rec 709 color space and easily was going past the edges on rec 2020. i dot alot of color grading and the way the 3 chips handled the contrast and shadow mid tones etc was amazing. there is alot more to a camera then lines of reolution
Great video about an awesome camera. I started making youtube videos using one of those when I visited a friend in Cali that shot skate videos using one. He also had Final Cut on his computer. I think it was like 2002. Good times!
rangoononline RUclips in 2002?
@@Naltddesha Good point. Naw, I was making videos and exporting them as mov files using quicktime. Then, I hosted them on a website I made. Pretty much the only people that could watch them were people in college that had access to high speed internet. You can check them out on my channel cause they're all archived.
rangoononline ah- I see. That’d be cool, how do I find them?
@@Naltddesha ruclips.net/video/XltrWSH0cZ0/видео.html
rangoononline awesome, I’ll check it out. Thanks
Edit: lol, I love it. Now I want a girl w/ ICP eyes. Good stuff man!
Watch ‘blend’ on free skate mag, the filmer jerry rigged a death lens on a HD camera and cropped the footage to the old aspect ratio... best of both worlds
niceee video jenkem!From brazil here...go skateboarding
Imagine the porn industry tried to hold on to the vx "feel" like skaters
yoooo who did the motion graphic for the K at 1:22 give that man a raise
Thank you for this!
What a production! So sick.
this was great. thanks bros.