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Posted by Mike Kujbida on 03/20/07 04:08
Richard Crowley wrote:
> "Vic Thomas" wrote ...
>> ushere wrote:
>>>> Well, first of all I just like old analog equipment and I'm quite
>>>> happy with test recordings made on this machine. Much better
>>>> looking than S-VHS I've used before. And from my experience one
>>>> very often misslooked part of video acquision system is lens. I've
>>>> never seen consumer grade camera fitted with an acceptable lens
>>>> (maybe I'm spoiled by Zeiss optics), and I'm expecting Tamron of
>>>> KY-1900 to be a good quality one. But never mind, it's not the
>>>> point. Anyway thank you for your help.
>>
>> I wouldn't worry about the lens, the camera is dreadful piece of junk
>> from the early/mid eighties. JVC produced this cheap camera for the
>> corporate market, they kept the cost down by using 1/2 inch tubes
>> and, instead of dichroic prism, they used metal mirrors. You will
>> have to learn how to do registration because you can watch the blue
>> moving as the camera warms up, also lag and low light performance
>> are very poor.
>
> I think there are now a couple of generations that never heard
> of "tube cameras" or horrors like hours sitting at the console
> dialing in registrations and then trying to get the cameras to
> look like they were in the same room. I needed a good laugh.
> I wonder if "ushere" has ever seen decent video?
Richard, the problem is that Leslie (ushere) didn't say any of the above.
When Vic Thomas replied, he snipped a wee bit too much of the post.
We've exchanged several emails over the past few years and leslie knows what
decent video is.
BTW, count me in as someone who agonized over tube registration :-(
Some things about the "good old days" are best forgotten :-)
Mike
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