Yeah, as a teenager I volunteered with a non profit that did some animation and video production. A sony camera and a couple D1 decks to edit on were their crow

Yeah, as a teenager I volunteered with a non profit that did some animation and video production. A sony camera and a couple D1 decks to edit on were their crown jewels. Most of what we used was SVHS for cost reasons. Now, for as little as $10k you can put together a setup that will get footage that rivals the best funded productions in the world.