1991 Vintage Panasonic WV-F250 / AG-7450 S-VHS Camera Demo

I demo a nice example of early 90's pre-digital video technology. This unit sat in storage for at least 10 years and amazingly still works like new.

These two particular models had a long sales life as they were still listed on the Panasonic website as late as 1998.

Unfortunately, I don't own this piece of gear, I'm just borrowing this for the weekend from work. This rig makes a beautiful picture. Any retrophile would be glad to own this.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• vintage
• retro
• old
• panasonic
• S-VHS
• camera
• recorder
• WV-F250
• AG-7450

[jw5031]

Bro, you REALLY NEED to get a girfriend... And im not saying this to be mean, but i first saw your beta/vhs video which led me to this one. At first, i wasnt quiet sure, but ive since come to the conclusion that you really do, in fact, need a girlfriend.

[uwtitanfan]

@jw5031 I've had a few over the years, but things always ended up in disaster.

[67tr876]

1990s is not Vintage. 1985 and under is soon to be 1986

[uwtitanfan]

@67tr876 Seeing as how this camera is 100% analog and nearly 20 years old I have to disagree

[soccerdude7330]

Awesome video man. I have always wanted one of those late 80's - early 90's VHS/SVHS camcorders.

[uwtitanfan]

Check EBAY - I see these units posted on their quite often

[RadioTrainman]

@uwtitanfan How do you transfer video from the WV-F250 to the computer? I was thinking about buying one of these old news cameras from ebay.

[dubified89]

6:50 In 10 seconds it goes from good warm audio to bad high pitched audio on the digital. This is why music and tv are so much worse now! I'm like the only one who realizes it.

[ModellbahnDaniel]

Cool!!!!

It´s a real studio cam :o

[SnapshotOfASoul]

We had this exact same one at school during plays to broadcast into the room where we waited to come on stage! Very nifty.

[Ultrareallism]

@Productions151 Where did you buy one at?

[Productions151]

I just bought one, got lost at the filter part

[dubified89]

Stuff from the early 90's is so much cooler than now

[zapboy19]

@soccerdude7330

i might get one for 50 bucks....

do u think thats a good deal?

[oldmac6]

Amazing picture quality better than any HD camcorder of our time, broadcast quality for sure ! I own a full size standart Panasonic VHS camera but the quality is far away from this pro consumer grade unit.

Will be happy to find one of this for sale !

[iEugene1994]

@uwtitanfan I don't think that this thing is 100% analogue device at all , you just can't controll the LCD and viewfinder without bunch of digital microcontrollers . Analogue here is just a recording technology on magnet tape .

But any way this is wonderful device , i'm still remember that VHS players from my childhood , thanks for the video !

[Dutch3DMaster]

@grindinglicks : I think it's because it's old. CCD's in ENG-style camera's like these were relatively new, before those tubes were used (you can usually see the difference, for instance, when a bright light enters the scene it leaves a trail in the image for a while in footage from tube cameras.)

[Dutch3DMaster]

@gustavohdtv : Around 5 kilograms, but that's with a standard NP-x kind of battery. The Anton Bauer brick in this video usually adds and extra kilogram to the total weight.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

The picture quality was quite amazing!

[grenadir01]

schöne kamera haste da .... ;-)

[MixerGamingHD]

nice camera

[TheVideoguy67]

are shoulder mount cameras the way to go?

[sethinator8]

digital cameras suck

[pooface006]

how long dose the battery last on it?

[brennasniklas]

Not bad quality!

[teddbear52]

thats KGWNTV CBS for all of nebraska southwest and wyoming ! thanks there used to go to a motel on lincoinway there but i use my torshiba hd 1080 cam corder and used the rca all-in-one m2 nighthawk ! yes andd ikegami gear ..

[ShaqFlims]

@uwtitanfan why is thier a cbs 5 sticker???

[MrPetall]

Thank you for the demo, I now have three of these cameras, I am looking for the right tripod stand to mount these on and ideas, also is it possible to operate these cameras without someone holding the record button, I just purchased these cameras and have not yet tried them. Thanks

Peter in FL