7/8/2023 0 Comments Vcr video camera![]() ![]() I purchased a new Canon digital camcorder on clearance in the Spring of 2007 for $175. The 1985 date for the K800S seems pretty accurate although shortly after that time all in one units took over. The only date on the documentation that came with the equipment was for a RCA battery which has a copyright date of 1983. A German site states the K500S model is from 1984, however. An eBay entry states a similar, although perhaps earlier and less sophisticated, camera model K500S was from 1982. The seller said he thought he purchased it in 1985 for $1,900. I remember seeing an arrangement like this once when I was in Salt Lake City in about 1983 and being amazed that normal people could now make video movies. It is a large "brick" type battery similar to, but not the same as, the battery in my Panasonic camcorder below. The portable VCR has a slot in the back for a battery, type BP-2. The camera, usually resting on your shoulder, connects to the portable video cassette recorder, which is contained in a very nice Lowe-Pro Video VCR Compact II case slung over your other shoulder. Consists of Minolta Color Video Camera K-800S AF, Minolta Portable VHS Video Cassette Recorder V-770S, and Minolta Video Tuner T-770S. Minolta Video Camera, Recorder and Tuner ( Large Image.) Early to mid 1980s. It is big weighing about 14 pounds and about 10.5" x 13" x 5." While I could not find an appropriate input connection to hook up the RCA CC001 camera above, please see the photo of me with both to see what taking video was like in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ![]() This unit would be hooked to a video camera for recording or a monitor for playback. It takes two NP-1 or one BP-90 batteries. It did not come with any cables or batteries and is untested. My Thompson VT-626 was purchased at a La Mesa, CA garage sale on 8-5-06 for about $5. Other useful sources include: History of Camcorders, History of Videotape - VHS, Wikipedia - Videocassette Recorders, Wikipedia - Camcorder, Wikipedia - Betacam and Wikipedia - Thompson-CSF. Broken or unknown condition used models appear to go for under $50 on eBay, however. BCS Broadcast Store lists the manufacturer's suggested retail price for the Ampex CVR-25 as $13,250! BCS Broadcast Store lists a used Sony BVW-25 for $1,510. The BVW-25 P designation may have been for SP playback since the photos have a label stating SP playback which mine does not. Marcel's TV Museum has excellent photos of the similar Sony BVW-25P: close-up, internal, case. See Wikipedia - Betacam and Marcel's TV Museum (Dutch site referring to production of the BVW-25 P in the mid-80's). This portable VCR was likely sold somewhere between 19 when an advanced Betacam SP format came out. The Betacam format introduced by Sony in 1982 was the professional version of the Sony Betamax format introduced in 1975. Thompson-CSF Betacam Portable Videocassette Recorder VT-626, essentially the same as the Sony BVW-25 and the Ampex CVR-25. See labguysworld for additional information. I suspect with the right connector it would work. I do not have the right connector to attach the camera to a television monitor, but I improvised with an RCA plug and got it to show an image in white and green. Without the CRT viewfinder you would have to use a monitor to focus or simply measure or estimate distance. It could be equipped with a 1 inch CRT viewfinder, however. The viewfinder on the side on this camera is simply an empty box you look through. Today you can get a digital camcorder for $300 that you can hold in the palm of your hand and edit on a computer! Quite a change in less than 30 years! The CC001 has an interchangeable Canon f1.8 6X zoom lens (12.5mm to 75mm). ![]() A complete setup may have been thousands of dollars. You could also use a battery pack and portable recorder. The camera has a 20 foot cord, however, to allow you to move around. At present, you have to plug the power supply into an AC outlet. To record, you had to hook it up to a separate VCR. RCA Color Video Camera CC001, RCA's first consumer color video camera, purchased at a local garage sale for $5 on June 11, 2005. Martin 2004-2013, All Rights ReservedĪrgus | Auricon | Bauer | Bell & Howell | Canon | Cinemaster | DeJur | Elmo | GAF | Keystone | Kodak | Minolta | Polaroid | Revere | Sankyo | Sears Movie Cameras Camera Museum - Video CamerasĬopyright Mark D. ![]()
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