Posted by beaufort on 12/24/83 11:29

A few days ago, I shot some footage
with an ancient Sony 8mm camcorder
dug out of a drawer.

This is a 1988/89 model Sony, and the
last time it was used was maybe '91.

It was a clear sunny morning and I kept
the exposure on manual.

I edited the stuff on Vegas, then
burned it to CD using SVCD settings.

And you know what? It looked about
the same as DV material. In fact there
weren't any blocky compression artifacts
on the 8mm images. The image was
softer but in a pleasing way. The contrast
was good and so were the colours. The
shadow detail was also good.

So what's the problem with analogue?

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