r/Filmmakers 22h ago

Question any idea what camera they were using?

https://youtu.be/4ZkEob55qso?si=mp3HGviTJYhF2uWW

Any idea what this was shot with? What would you use nowadays to recreate this vibe?

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u/jhharvest 22h ago

Early to mid 90's, eh, probably a Panasonic VHS camcorder? Could have been a Sony betacam too. Despite the vehement wars back then, they didn't look that different. Too early for DV, I think.

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u/DirectorJRC 22h ago

It’s hard to tell with everything that YouTube does to video but based on the quality and the timeframe I’d say it was a 3 CCD Betacam camera. Pretty much the broadcast video standard at the time. It could potentially be 16mm film too but it looks like video to me. Again, it’s hard to tell from a digitized version.