The documentary features the tapes recorded by Branco Mello when he earned his VHS camera in the early 1980s.

But I did find something that was almost as good: a Hi-8 VHS camera, the type favored by a lot of freelance TV journalists.

Typically, the choice is of a VHS camera (with tape that runs on most home VCR's), which weigh about 9 pounds, or an 8-millimeter camera, which weighs only 3 pounds.

"We find that people bring back the VHS cameras to switch to the lighter 8-millimeter Camcorders," said Roger Thomas, president of Rent-a-Cam.

The VHS cameras record the everyday, only occasionally enlivened by a moment of genuine spontaneity.

Director Edgar Wright had won a Super VHS camera from a competition on the Saturday morning kids TV show Going Live!

But the reduced tape size also means VHS-C tapes have a shorter running time than standard VHS cameras.

The film is shot with a VHS camera similar to many rental films of the 1980s and early 90's.

In 1994 he began displaying his skills on short low budget martial arts films that were recorded on a VHS camera.

He shot his first film in the age of thirteen with a friend's VHS camera.