Sony Handycam CCD-TRV15 8mm Video 8 Camcorder

shoot some analog with the rope float [Music] hey guys my name is Mark and this is a 23 year old camera even after all these years it still works now despite it being completely obsolete in almost every way compared to a modern camera I wanted to dedicate a video exploring the camera itself to see how it holds up after so many years and more importantly to see if a camera like this still has a place in this creative space going into 2020 [Music] [Music] this is the sony handycam vision ccd trv 99 NTSC hi-8 camcorder now high eight is a tape format similar to VHS and uses these eight millimeter cassettes it was introduced by Sony to counter the introduction of super VHS in 1989 and it was one of the final iterations in the evolution of analog video tape formats that began 60 years ago with massive 2 inch wide reel-to-reel broadcast video tapes if the camera itself is a nice overall size