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Handycam is a line of camcorders made by Sony and introduced in 1985. Handycam was first used as the name of the first Video8 camcorder in 1985, replacing Sony's previous line of Betamax-based models of camcorders. The name was intended to emphasize the "handy" palm size nature of the camera, made possible by the then-new miniaturized tape format.
The Sony HDR-FX1, introduced in late 2004, was the first HDV 3 CCD camcorder to support 1080i (1440 × 1080 resolution with 4:2:0 color sampling). The Sony HVR-Z1U is the "professional" version of this camera with additional features such as balanced XLR audio inputs, DVCAM recording, and extended DSP capabilities (i.e. cine/gamma controls).
DV. DV (from Digital Video) is a family of codecs and tape formats used for storing digital video, launched in 1995 by a consortium of video camera manufacturers led by Sony and Panasonic. It includes the recording or cassette formats DV, MiniDV, DVCAM, Digital8, HDV, DVCPro, DVCPro50 and DVCProHD. DV has been used primarily for video recording ...
Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD5 (1997), the first digital camera of the Mavica series. Mavica ( Magnetic Video Camera) is a discontinued brand of Sony cameras which use removable disks as the main recording medium. On August 25, 1981, Sony unveiled a prototype of the Sony Mavica as the world's first electronic still video camera.
Hi8. Released. 1999. Digital8 (or Di8) is a consumer digital recording videocassette for camcorders developed by Sony, and introduced in 1999. [1] It is technically identical to DV cassettes, but uses physical Hi8 tapes instead. The Digital8 format is a combination of the earlier analog Hi8 tape transport with the digital DV codec.
HX series. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5V (2010) Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX400V (2014) with 50X zoom and GPS. Sony Cyber-shot HyperXoom 50. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX300. Note: HX is an abbreviation for HyperXoom. All cameras used CMOS sensors, could zoom optically while filming, and had optical image stabilization.
The Sony DCR-VX1000 was a DV camcorder released by Sony in 1995. [ 1] It became iconic for its use in many pornographic films as well as skateboarding films in the late 90s and early 2000s and therefore is an important part in the history of skateboarding culture. [ 2][ 3][ 4] The VX1000 was based on Sony's earlier VX1 (PAL) and VX3 (NTSC) Hi8 ...
Sony also manufactured a mini CD burning device, designed to be "PC-free." The device allowed the user to directly burn images from a Memory Stick or a USB flash drive or camera to a mini CD. It was a precursor to the various portable media storage devices such as the iPod Photo adapters and various other hard disk based photo storage units.