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My old early 80s JVC camcorder (Part1)

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21 Responses to “My old early 80s JVC camcorder (Part1)”

  1. GanEdenAustralia on August 29th, 2009 at 8:28 am

    I have one for sale just as above in a case and works fine. Comes with a new battery!

  2. that thing is awesom

  3. I think it’s the same camera as in BTTF.

  4. It looks similar to the one in back to the future! niceeeee!

  5. PAL is the best

  6. Check on eBay.

  7. Your so lucky you found it for only 12 euros :(

  8. It records in PAL. Here in Germany we have PAL only.

  9. Does it record in PAL or NTSC?

  10. Hi going back on my earlier comment, i found some of those old casettes in a electronic shop.

  11. If you mean the VHS-C camcorder cassettes: These cassettes can still be bought. Here in Germany they are available in all the bigger supermarkets.

  12. I have an early 90’s Camcorder, the only trouble is you can’t by the huge tape casettes anymore, i don’t think.

  13. Video camcorders used CRT based viewfinders up until about 8 or 9 year ago, I’ve seen cameras with colour LCD viewfinders, but I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a camcorder with a colour CRT viewfinder, they certainly knew how to make quality products back then.

  14. Looks like the camera that Michael J Fox used
    on the first Back To The Future movie
    when Doc.Emmett Brown asked him to meet him at
    the Twin Pines parking lot…

  15. This battery is already a replacement battery. I got the original JVC batterys with it, too, but they are completely gone. The battery I showed is a replacenment battery of the early 90s (made by SABA)

  16. I’m surprised the battery holds a charge at all given how old the thing is. If you look hard enough, you may be able to find an AC Adaptor for the camera, it may cost a bit though, but it would be great if you can find the AC Adaptor for it.

  17. I just watched the video you sent me, and it really looks like they used my camera. But the handle on top of it was mounted differently.

  18. I can understand american English pretty good, but watching the film in German is more easy :)

  19. oh yes it’s an excellent 80s movie starring Michael J Fox.
    do you have trouble understanding american english? because your spoken english is excellent ;) I know some Germans have a hard time understanding us at first especially if you learn from the Brits^^ just curious, thanks :)

  20. I haven’t seen that movie before, maybe I’ll do sometime if I can find the a German version of that movie. Yes, the camera must have been expensive, but compared to today’s camcorders it’s horrible (extremely heavy and no autofocus)

  21. “A portable television studio” OMG! I think that’s the exact camcorder that marty McFly used in back to the future! I hope you’ve seen that movie so you know what I’m talking about :P
    that must have been very expensive at the time, especially since it’s VHS-C. I always used VHS-C in the 90s. I actually prefer having the archive of tapes. but now all my video I take is for youtube

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