#betacam

[230v-50hz]

the other day i watched Technology Connections' video on what Sony's Betacam format was and goodness me the Sony UVW-1800 Betacam player he showed is uhhh really nice to look at

(image from this video by Technology Connections)

#objectum #objecto #video cassette players #Betacam

[tapesandelectronicsclub]

Today, I had a dream where I've turned on so many U-matic, Betacam and DVCPRO VTRs to have fun with them, whether it's digitizing or recording.

So, when I was having fun with these VTRs, Stephen Spielberg suddenly appeared at the door of the room. He talked to me that all filmmakers, actors, and any profession related to filmmaking, most follow philosophes and advices of film production. The art and entertainment industry is highly competitive, with multiple creative works and related companies vying for attention, though this may be relatively easy for new and smaller companies to compete with established players.

When Spielberg left the room, Lizzy, Doll, Rebecca, Thad and Cyn from Murder Drones suddenly appeared next to the media desk while I was digitizing U-matic, Betacam and DVCPRO video tapes. They were seeing everything on the room, ranging from vintage stuff to modern stuff.

VTRs are devices that were aimed at professional market that wouldn't be relevant to the average consumer. Also, the video tape format families U-matic and Betacam, and the DVCPRO format are made for professionals rather than average consumer.

#umatic #u matic #betacam #dvcpro #vtr #video tape recorder #vintage tech #vintage technology #vintage #old technology #old tech #retro tech #media preservation #stephen spielberg #murder drones #md #dream #dreams #lucid dream #lucid dreaming #lizzy #doll #rebecca #thad #cyn #dreaming

[grrl-operator]

Betacam SP

#Sony #Betacam #SP #logo

[talentos]

Un Viaje a Través del Tiempo: La Evolución del Vídeo desde VHS hasta 8K mi experiencia

Un Viaje a Través del Tiempo: La Evolución del Vídeo desde VHS hasta 8K mi experiencia #AR #XR #ER #VirtualReality #virtualstudios #marketing #advertising #videoservices #youcreate #ai #aiart #ia #cinematography #streaming #broadcast #filmmaking #technolo

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#4K #Ampex #Beta #Betacam #Betacam Digital #Betamax #Digital8 #DV #Formatos #HD #Hi8 #Historia #Hitos #JVC #MIniDV #panasonic #sony #Tecnologia #VHS #VHS-C #video #Video Digital #Video8

[bickley]

I’m like an #archeologist now. My favorite part…it’s collected dust all over it #betacam https://www.instagram.com/p/CiV1-_0OcqT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#archeologist #betacam

[schibborasso]

Pipilotti Rist: “I’m not the Girl Who misses much”, 1986 video betacam , 00:05.07, ZKM © pipilotti rist

#video #video-still #betacam #ZKM

[vizreef]

Sony BVW-25P Portable Betacam (Japan, 1980s)

[girlballs]

im so sorry floppy disks heres a better poll

[c-rowlesdraws]

this is supposed to be my art-exclusive blog, BUT looked up this video to link to a friend and wound up watching half of it again because it’s so fascinating, and felt like I needed to share it. It’s a documentary about Kowloon Walled City produced by Austrian journalist and writer Hugo Portisch, filmed in the city itself in the summer of 1987 and released in 1989, four years before demolition of the city began. Today, the 6.4 acre area that once held a 14-story labyrinth of approximately 50,000 people is a public park.

the documentary is in German, with subtitles in English added by the uploader. The filmmakers’ perspective is frank in laying out the harshness of life in the city, and aims to be honest-- although the only direct interview is with a British missionary, the only white person in the whole film, and the narration makes blanket statements about broken families and an “every man for himself” attitude that contradict former residents’ own descriptions of an intensely close-knit community and households where several generations lived together, despite the tiny size of the city’s apartments. Despite these criticisms I’d make, the tone of the documentary is clearly sympathetic towards its subjects from beginning to end, and it’s a fascinating and emotional glimpse into a vanished world.

if you’ve heard about Kowloon Walled City and want to learn more, watch this thing! If you’re like me and you’ve been lowkey obsessed for years, also watch this thing! If you didn’t know about the city at all before now, you’re welcome, and watch this thing!

the uploader’s video description, which I’ve pasted below, contains additional information about the making of the documentary that adds more depth and context:

Credits go to cameraman Hamdani Milas. Christina Wesemann for creation and direction of the film and also to Hugo Portisch for production. 

 Milas was one of the people that helped filmed this 1989 documentary about the city.  I spoke with him recently and he said that he is interested in a follow up video of some sort so we may expect something new on the way. 

 He mentioned how it was an incredibly tough shoot. They were a five person crew; himself as cinematographer, a camera assistant, focus-puller, sound recordist, a researcher, production assistant and the director, and a very nice Austrian lady who was most willing to collaborate and listen to crew suggestions. 

 They shot for 6 days continuously, 10-12 hours a day, at the height of the summer of 1987. He mentioned how it smelled very bad inside from the open drainage, the heat was stifling at plus 32ºC with little to no air circulation, also not knowing whether it was sewage or clean water dripping on their heads occasionally,  they regularly had to wipe the camera and lens dry. 

 The claustrophobia- you could hardly turn around in some places with a 7kg Betacam SP camcorder on your shoulder.  They had a tripod with them but hardly used it inside because there was nowhere to position it without blocking the narrow passageways. 

 They also frequently got lost and had to ask the locals for directions. Lunch was much-anticipated each day when they could take a break outside in the fresh air. After a day’s shoot they were absolutely dripping with sweat and the first thing they’d do after getting home was to put all their clothes straight in the wash and have a long shower. Working in those conditions was an immense challenge technically and physically but, as is often the case, none of that shows in the resulting footage. 

 Here we have a very interesting first hand account of what Hamdani Milas experienced in the walled city itself when he was filming this video. So by what he’s told me we can understand just how much of an incredible risk it was to film inside this city, even though it was near to when the city was demolished and the place was seen as safer it was still a high risk no go area. 

 I took it upon myself to re-sub the video as best as possible, the 4 part version is hard-subbed on a version of this film with very poor quality, the subs are also worded incorrectly in some places. So all I've done is re-subbed the whole thing and put it onto a better quality video clip. 

 Note: about the section of this video where Jackie Pullinger is speaking, I’m sure anyone can see the subtitles are a transcript of Jackie Pullingers actual words in English and not the narrators. I’ve noticed a comment mentioning how the subs are way off in that part. While subbing this video I realised the narrator wasn’t giving an exact translation so took it upon myself to decipher what she was actually saying over his voice. Sorry I just couldn’t help it but it was out of boredom 😉

#kowloon walled city #kowloon #hong kong #architecture #1980s

[koney-scanlines]

FirsT beTaCaM eDiting suitE in sAnTO Domingo, doMiNican RepUBLiC. 1987. sPOT The AmiGa…

#amiga #amiga2000

[nobrashfestivity]

Vito Acconci, from Three Adaptation Studies (Blindfolded Catching), 1970

Super 8 film transferred to video (Digital Betacam and DVD)

#vito acconci #performance art #blindfold #conceptul art #film #gif

[icarusthelunarguard]

This Week’s Horrible-Scopes

It’s time for this week’s Horrible-Scopes! So for those of you that know your Astrological Signs, cool! If not, just pick one, roll a D12, or just make it up as you go along. It really doesn’t matter. Better yet! Check out “Heart of the Game, Fredonia” and see if they can sell you those D12’s with the symbols on them. Tell them “Shujin Tribble” sentcha. And “Hail, Hail, Fredonia!” Home of the Blue Devil!

Sooooo…. Theme, right? (*Sigh*) Ok, ok. So once again a theme has been suggested, and I seriously considered how to twist this one around on the requester. So you know what? Santa’s already done his thing and I’m SAFE! That’s exactly what I’m about to do. So with no further ado, here are New Year’s Resolutions no one wants to do.

Aries 

You get to set the stage presence here with something known as “Film Academy 2×”. It’s a format specifying an aspect ratio of 1.37:1 that was laid out in the 1930’s because no one could agree on a motion picture technical spec. These days it’s a digital resolution of 1828 × 1332, which is better than any monitor you’ve got right now. So This Week… watch some old Buster Keeton films… and remember, he was the ORIGINAL Jackie Chan for performing stunts!

Taurus 

Swinging over the pond and into true weirdness for Television Broadcasting we get to your resolution system: “Undecoded PALplus”. It was a re-do of the PAL broadcast system that brought 16:9 Widescreen broadcasts, but still supported traditional PAL receivers. So This Week… Learn how to add onto your existing knowledge base without breaking what you had already… meaning just read a damned book for a change, would you? 

Gemini  

A true digital system for once, you’re getting “SVCD” aka the “Super Video CD”. It was a digital movie file, encoded in MPEG-2, and came in one of two varieties: 480i (or 480 pixels square), or 576i (or 480 x 576 pixels). The system came out in 1998 and honestly it’s best use was in early shoot-em-up CD games with video cutscenes to them. So This Week… find your collection of old games and play some again. We’re pretty sure Cookie from You Don’t Know Jack misses you.

Cancer Moon-Child 

Another Disk, another digital format. This time it’s the most prolific media adoption in history: the DVD. Bet most of you didn’t know “DVD” stands for “Digital Versatile Disk”. With a MINIMUM storage capacity of over 4 and-a-half Gigs of data, you could backup most computers completely to one of those puppies. But as a movie disk you’re relegated to the venerable standards of NTSC at 480 lines tall, or PAL’s at 576. The system came out in 1996, and these days it’s impossible to find a movie or TV show NOT on this format. So This Week… Just admit that “DVD 3D” is a Dead Format. You bought all that super expensive stuff and now it’s just not worth it. Get over yourself.

Leo 

Look at you, Leo! Scammin’ off the pack! More laser disk goodness, but this time you get the “CVD”. That’s not a typo; CVD stands for “China Video Disk” and that’s exactly what it sounds like. It was a way of making video disks without needing to go through the whole SVCD standard. It was close, but lacking in resolution. So This Week… Your ability to run under the Patent Lawyers' radars is impressive. Keep up the good work, but don’t get caught.

Virgo 

We know you think you’re superior to everyone else, but that doesn’t mean you’ll succeed in all areas. Your format is “Betacam”, which we’re guessing some of you already kinda know what’s coming. Yes it was as-good or better than VHS for the home market, but for the professionals, it was GREAT! Get a short-play cassette at home, but the Long Play version in the studio, and it was basically The Same Cassette! Sad it got shanked in the end, but sometimes that happens. So This Week… Take some pride in knowing your format may have come out in 1982, but it’s STILL got Technical Support through this past year! 40 Years of Active Duty for a supposedly Failed Format’s pretty damned good in our book! 

Libra

Just when we thought the Analogue Film Industry was an anachronism and lost its relevance… just like Michael Corleone they’re pulling us back in again. This time it’s the “Film 8K” format. We’re not dealing with 1.85:1 any more, but with a resolution of 7992 × 4320… and really, WHY?!?! The only reason this is important is if you’re watching this on a freekin’ MASSIVE projection screen! So, good luck with all that on a computer: VLC will CHOKE to death if you’re running a 1440 monitor and a GTX-1660 Super! So This Week… LOSE SOME WEIGHT!

Scorpio 

We’re just gunna call it right now. You! ARE! BASIC! White-Bread Toast, generic as hell NTSC. The format that swept North America because 60Hz power signals are just a wonderful way to make sure everyone’s receiver works right. Your format supports both Black and White and Colour receivers without breaking anyone’s machine. So you've got that going for you. So This Week… Try replacing your mayonnaise with Caesar Salad Dressing for a new kick.

Sagittarius 

Your format cannot be overstated in how great it was! And, sadly, yes.. “Was”. You need to look up what “Laserdisk” looks like, because, holy HELL, that’s a gorgeous disk. And the output was better than standard NTSC and PAL or SECAM and testing proves this. So This Week… check out Linus Tech Tips on YouTube and see the side-by-side comparison between VHS and Laserdisk, and weep at what we were denied.

Capricorn 

You’ve just GOT to be the Odd One Out, huh? Your format is literally called “405-line”. And the fun part about this is it ISN’T 405 scan-lines in format! Nope! It’s KINDA 503 × 377, give or take a little smearing. It’s a monochrome television broadcasting system introduced with the BBC Television Service in 1936, so it’s done well for itself for a while. BUT! In the United States, the FCC had briefly approved a 405-line color television standard in October 1950, which was developed by CBS… only to find out that it was incompatible with existing black-and-white receivers. So This Week… Don’t think of it as “Conforming to the Norm” so much as “Making sure you don’t destroy everyone with your awesomeness.”

Aquarius 

Going fully to the WebCam, or PervCam, systems, you’re getting the Video Conference System “CIF”, aka the “Common Interchange Format”. Developed for company teleconferencing it was a low-rez 352 × 288 pixel image, and if you want to know what that looked like, you’ll have to watch a fair adaptation of a great book. So This Week… watch the movie “Contact”. The teleconference windows are JUST what it used to look like.

Pisces  

You just HAD to be the personification of annoying A-Hole Cat, huh? Take your pick: VHS, Betamax, or Video8. They all had just CRAP picture quality. About 320 × 486 scans in NTSC, or kinda 310 × 576 in PAL or SECAM, they were all just a cluster of sub-optimal tech sold as just this GREAT stuff, and it really wasn’t. So This Week… Learn what the Sunk Cost Fallacy is and stop falling for all the Wiz-Bang-Shiny-New sales pitches. 

And THOSE are your Horrible-Scopes for this week! Remember if you liked what you got, we’re obviously not working hard enough at these. BUT! If you want a better or nastier one for your own sign or someone else’s, all you need to do to bribe me is just Let Me Know - or check out the Ko-Fi page ( https://ko-fi.com/icarusthelunarguard )! These will be posted online at the end of each week via Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, Discord and BLUESKY.

#parody #horrorscope #funny #horoscope #humor #comedy #nye #new years resolution #happy new year #ball drop #new year #holiday #you don't know jack

[camera-worker]

Sharing some of my retro tech.

I did a live stream on YouTube for the first time. It's not very good, but here it is. The point of the live stream was, essentially, to test live streaming to YouTube using analog video equipment. It mostly worked, though there is a lot of room for improvement.

The topic of this video is, vaguely, my video editing setup, and how I went from DVCAM to Betacam SP. This is fairly niche, pointless 90s video editing nuance that is probably uninteresting to 99% of people, so as an added bonus I shared a found-footage video tape from a midwestern computer show in the 1990s.

#dvcam #betcam sp #ebay #awkward #1990s video technology #1990s computers #retro tech #Youtube

[equatorjournal]

Mauritius, 1965. Photo by Joël de Rosnay. The Mauritius Surfing Championship, first surf competition in Mauritius, took place on June 9th 1965, and the winners were Bernard Koenig (men) and Annick Giraud (women). Bernard's best souvenir is a famous session - possibly after a cyclone - during which he and his cousins were filmed by a man named Jean Colin. The video was broadcasted in betacam format on the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) channels. https://www.instagram.com/p/CeEmyN_t_H-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[taperwolf]

Oh, damn it, I just realized I forgot to take a photo of something I saw at the thrift store yesterday — a Betacam VCR. No, not Betamax, the ill-fated competitor to VHS; Betacam was Sony's pro-level videocassette format, introduced in 1982 and still made, with various upgrades, through the 2010s. I saw the thing, thought, "That's neat", and only now realize that I should have taken pics.

#vintage technology

[walkswithdave]

A new installment, Future Gifts from the Past

Edited from Hi8 to VHS 28 years ago. Black and white achieved by wiggling the Y/C cable just so, then, in the dub room I worked in, copied to Betacam SP and contrast boosted through the TBC, then back to VHS.

See all 18! https://vimeo.com/channels/futuregifts