]So, I've screwed around with analog television junk for quite a quite a while now, but its been quite a while since I've been to this forum.
I picked up this Sanyo VC500 PortaPak camera at a flea market recently, and I decided that I want to build myself a digital recorder for it.
Whenever I got a PortaPak camera in the past, I would have just cut the connector off, separated out the appropriate wires, and hooked the unit to a VCR (I took my RCA CC011 Storm Chasing, and recorded it using a VCR running off an Inverter).
(My initial design, but not final)
I decided to use one of those FPV DVR's (for use with drones) as my recorder, as well as a 7AH SLA. I'm currently in college, so I don't have much of a work space in my apartment (Let alone many tools).
Despite this, I was able to make it happen with parts from the Auto Parts Store, a Conduit Box from Home Depot, and a $3 hot glue gun.
It's not finished yet, but it is functional.
It still needs some sort of charging regulator to avoid overcharge (I got an external A/C adapter that plugs into the cigarette lighter with a regulator built in, but I want to be able to run it off my trucks power socket) as well as a pre amp for the microphone (I can't hear shit).
I'm also considering welding on some belt loops so I can affix the unit to myself (Maximum Portability!)