r/camcorders

Hi all I’m currently trying to run my Sony DCR TRV 305 as a tapeless camcorder but the insert tape signal never goes away and makes it impossible to get any footage without that yellow insert tape flashing. My camcorder does not run tapes when I insert one I get a c3123 code which doesn’t allow me to keep a tape in and use it. Am I cooked? Everything in this camera works fine besides this one thing. Checked all my settings and as I figured there’s no way to get around it from my knowledge. Wondering if anyone has got around this before?

tryna make the pc7 mod got all the materials hut it dont seem to work lol i even tried doing this still nothing

Hi everyone, I made a post about my PD170 LCD having issues which since I havent been able to fix. Some research into it says that i need to replace the whole flip out LCD rather than the screen itself, which would require finding a surrogate from a XV2100, PD170/190 etc which apparently share the same LCD. Trouble is I am in Australia and finding a working version is hard / expensive enough - the one shop I found that could repair it quoted ~$250-300 dollars to fix. Any help / advice would be much appreciated. The rest of the cam works perfectly.

Pls help me, (TRANSLATOR) я не думаю что это настоящая Сони, но я и не думаю что это поддельная сони, нигде не написано что это за камера и что это вообще такое, в Гугле инфы не нашел, может вы поможете? Купил на барахолке.(TRANSLATOR)

Does anybody knows if there’s a way to make a cable comes out of one of this batteries and get to a powerbank? Or maybe a modern rechargeable battery with a big capacity that would fit as this model?

I have 3 of this but their battery life is unpredictable, thanks for your help!

Just got this camcorder and the screen border is turning back into dinosaur juice. My nuclear option would be goo gone, im unsure as to what else might help with this without damaging the camera.

I accidentally dropped my cannon fs10

There is no damages on the fame or anything

but when i attempt to power it on, it makes the power on sound repetitive.

Also, the lens shutter does not close.

I just bought a Panasonic PV-420D VHS camcorder and off that bat the EVF is extremely wiggly and when it records to tape it records the wiggling too. I am using a VHS that was originally in a VCR till 2003 but when I playback the recording the viewfinder looks completely fine, even when I recorded the new footage over existing ones it was only wiggling on the playback of the new footage. I’ve tried it with the new battery and plugged into the wall. The only thing that makes it go away is lower light, in the video I turn on high shutter speed and it goes away completely, same for if I’m in a dimly lit room. Any help on what is going on here would be greatly appreciated!

First photo is the wiggling, second is with high speed shutter turned on, third is playback being normal