arg. I got a video camera at the electronics fair, and I'm gonna need to pay more than the camera costs to get the fucking manual.

that should be illegal

I got it working. Screw the service manual!
This is a JVC GX-J700U color video camera, from approximately 1984.
It's got "excellent picture quality", 360 lines resolution!
It's got genlock, color bars, and built in character generator.
(It's also got a mic and viewfinder, but I pulled them off for this picture)
I don't know why it's outputting B&W. this is supposedly a color camera.
I opened it up to check for anything obviously wrong. Nope. I'd need to actually buy the service manual to have any idea how to fix this.
good lord JVC, is that enough trimpots?
@foone I have this bonkers old Sony that is in the running. It's a three tube camera
@vxo O.o
@moira it mostly works too!!