ScuzzBlog: Diaries November 2017 Entry 6th November 2017: Post: 3 B494 and the SONY Era In addition to the A600 I happened across two black hold-alls in the store and inside was my old SONY video cameras. Man did this take me back. Back to a time when I never even used the computer for all my animation work. A time of the video. And only video. So rewind to 1990 and the trusty SONY CCD-F340E Handycam. This little baby cost me £1000 in 1989 and add to that two video recorders at over £300 a pop and the whole exercise cost me quite a whack. Worth it though for all the years of use. Back then I was heavy into video editing. I mixed all my own stuff and even filmed my own music videos, of a kind. I would regularly have video parties at the house where I mixed comedy and music for all the guests to enjoy. Mostly though I loved animation and I would draw all my animations by hand and then capture each frame using the SONY and then record one frame at a time to the video recorders. Worked a treat. We move further forward to 1994 and the discovery of Vidi-Amiga for the Amiga. I set up a tripod and stand and hooked up the camera to the Vidi-Amiga and used the interface to capture both still images and video via the Panasonic video recorder. Both bits of kit allowed me to vary the frame rates so I could get seamless smooth productions. For like three to four years I did very little else to be honest. I still have so many disks filled with animations and images that I created using this process. I also mixed samples using TechnoTurbo and used AMOS to make games and demos. Was truly a magic time. The camera was an integral part of my Amiga activities. Sadly all this ended in 1996 when I discovered the internet and the scanner. I could never get a suitable alternative to DPaint but to be truthful by 1996 I was heavy into web page creation and GIF animations. And so the SONY was put away for the last time. So sad cus when I decided to check the camera out in 2007 she was busted. I did buy another camera but sadly that has broken also. It really is a case with electronics that if you leave them idle they will fall over. The SONY Handycam from 1989 Used every day for like over five years Quite a heavy camera though generally on a tripod so no real issue with weight The amount of controls on the unit was quite amazing. There was a mixer for video titling built in The camera had a fully functional video player Trust me when I say this camera could even see in the dark Zoom and wide angle plus even micro were all possible at the touch of a button And the viewer could pivot through 90 degrees allowing you to view from above The smallest TV screen in the world I purchased another but that is also broken Batteries were so heavy. They did tend to last a good while though For general usage I just used the mains Obsolete technology still looks elegant And then there were the tapes for recording Never really used them as I recorded direct onto video or the Amiga The most important connectors on the camera BNC for the Panasonic. Basic composite for the Vidi Amiga And finally my trusty tri-pod which I still use every single day. Happy days

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