Video Camera

A night vision camera you can hold in your hand or leave recording and watch from the truck. It’s the tool for finding Ghost Orbs.

How it works

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A simulation made by Phasmopedia with the game’s numbers. The sounds are recreated: they aren’t the game’s.

All three tiers	Tier IBony camcorder	Tier IIParasonic camcorder	Tier IIIBony cinema camera
Unlocks at	From the start	Level 27	Level 49
Image quality	Low	Medium	High
Paranormal resistance	Low	Medium	High
Night vision	Yes	Yes	Yes
Can be placed	Yes	Yes	Yes
Electronic	Yes	Yes	Yes

Tier I · Bony camcorder
An old camcorder with a flip screen and night vision. The image is low quality and gets heavily distorted when the ghost manifests nearby, but it’s enough to spot Ghost Orbs.
Tier II · Parasonic camcorder
A more modern camcorder with a better screen and better night vision. It resists interference better, so Ghost Orbs and the ghost look clearer than on the Tier I one.
Tier III · Bony cinema camera
A large shoulder-mounted cinema camera. It has the best image and the highest resistance to interference: it’s the most useful one for following the ghost during a ghost event or a hunt.

Pick it up (the screen flips open on its own), turn on night vision and point it at the ghost room with the lights and your Flashlight off.
You can also place it on a flat surface or a Tripod: it streams its feed to the computer in the truck. The ghost sometimes knocks cameras over; on a Tripod they fall less.
Hold the use button to record, or click “Rec” on the computer. A video of the ghost manifesting or of Ghost Orbs goes into the journal (Ghost Orbs pay up to $12 and 12 XP).
When the ghost manifests during a ghost event or a hunt, it distorts the image on every nearby camera; the higher the tier, the less it’s affected.

If the ghost has Ghost Orbs, they appear from the start in the ghost room and float around inside it: tiny dots of light gliding across the screen, usually one at a time.
They only show up with night vision: on the camera’s screen, on any video feed with night vision (like Tier I Head Gear) and, rarely, on the map’s CCTV cameras.
They shift position within the room every so often. If the favorite room changes (on Professional, Nightmare and Insanity), the Ghost Orbs move with it.

The Mimic’s Ghost Orbs: it always shows them on top of its three evidence, even when the difficulty is set to 0 evidence. Ghost Orbs plus three other evidence means the Mimic.
Snowflakes or raindrops outdoors: they fall and are dark, while Ghost Orbs are bright and float sideways or even upward.
Not seeing Ghost Orbs through night vision goggles (Tier III Head Gear): they don’t show up there, so that doesn’t rule the evidence out.

Search with the camera in your hand, not just with fixed cameras: Ghost Orbs move around the room, and it saves you trips to the truck.
If you leave fixed cameras, put two in opposite corners facing each other, or use a Tier II or III Tripod to rotate it. If you see no Ghost Orbs for a good while, move it.
Turn off the room lights and your Flashlight: with light, night vision washes out and Ghost Orbs disappear.
A camera aimed at a hallway, Salt or the fuse box lets you watch from the truck, but on the lower tiers Ghost Writing or EMF 5 is hard to read: go in and check every now and then.

All three cameras are real models with the brand changed: a Sony DCR-TRV260, a Panasonic HC-VX1K and a Sony Venice cinema camera (“Bony” and “Parasonic” in the game).

Data from the article “Video Camera” on the Phasmophobia Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0).