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Hitachi VM-E52A for ski edits?

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BeefConCarne
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I’m looking for a camera to use on an urban edit this season, and I found a Hitachi VM-E52A for 250$ Cad on marketplace. I can’t seem to find any reviews online so I was wondering if anyone here has worked with this camera or has info about it. Any help would be appreciated
Sep 23 2023 7:03PM
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BallClapper
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On 8mm???
Sep 23 2023 9:08PM
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BeefConCarne
Posts: 19 - Karma: 80
Yeah, would that push it completely out of the realm of reasonable?
Sep 23 2023 10:43PM
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ColoradoDogfart
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Just get a dvx 100b, tried and true about the same price too on eBay
Sep 24 2023 2:01AM
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BeefConCarne
Posts: 19 - Karma: 80
Yeah I’ll take I look. Would a good Sony handycam also work instead?
Sep 24 2023 2:52AM
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skiP.E.I.
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Do the 8 mm, it will be expensive and/or annoying to get the film transferred to digital footage but I can't think of anyone who's made an urban video entirely on 8 mm. I'd love to see it. But yes any device that takes video will work fine.
Sep 24 2023 12:11PM
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BeefConCarne
Posts: 19 - Karma: 80
I don’t know now I’m kind of leaning towards getting a newer camcorder and a hilarious old super 8 that works from value village for 16$ for b roll
Sep 24 2023 3:24PM
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LukasSchroeder
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You could get a better hi8 camera for less than that, however knowing you have a working hi8 with batteries is nice.

careful with used super 8, sometimes the motor is dusted and wont operate at the right framerate. And some use batteries for their light meter that are too high voltage (in 2023) and wont accurately read exposure - just keep that in mind. at ~$80/2.5 mins you want it to be solid
Sep 25 2023 9:43PM
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Christian_Bale
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ColoradoDogfartJust get a dvx 100b, tried and true about the same price too on eBay

factoring in price and availability, I think this is the best camera if you're going the SD route
Oct 3 2023 12:40PM
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BeefConCarne
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Yeah that’s exactly what wound up doing
Oct 3 2023 3:39PM
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