Good History:The History of Camcorder

A video camera and a VCR are two inseparable devices during the time when camcorder was not yet in the market. JVC introduced VHS launched, while Sony Betamax UMATIC and video-recordings mobile. The video recorder consisting of a removable cassette player and a TV tuner unit. Since that time, while video cameras were originally designed for TV broadcasting purposes, the introduction of portable video recorder and camera made a significant impact on the broadcasting industry.

The Giants, responsible for the popularity of portable video recording from a different history initiated in 1982, when the camcorder era. JVC, the VHS-C format Sony Betacam sale, when the first professional camcorders. The VHS-C was essentially a reduced size cassette version of the VHS. On the other hand, Betacam was designed so that a standard for professional camcorders. It was more about, because the pictures from the video component it uses. But it was not immediately accepted as handling and operation of the VCR was the responsibility of a video engineer. If Betacam came to the scene, camera people were committed to both the video camera and video recorder. However, this drawback was not considered immediately by the fact that cameramen have more freedom to move, since the cable between them and the video recorder were eliminated. Since Sony Betacam prompt was the standard for video editing studio and News Gathering cover.

The Japanese group was not satisfied with the success of Betacam. In 1983, she led the first consumer camcorder, the Beta movie. The device was enormous and is usually on a shoulder, since one is not enough to hold it. A lot of other consumer camcorders were on the market, then after they are even bigger than the Beta movie. Sony's version had only optical viewfinder without rewind or play functionality. With its VHS-C format, JVC soon marketed its own camcorders. The VHS-C tape, the tape recording 40 or 120 minutes of video whereas the mechanical adapter had playback capability. But Sony was not prepared to lose the fight and redesign the Betamax Lineup for the construction of the Video8 standard. This new device used, a band that has a width almost 35% smaller, Betamax and VHS cassettes. Video8 made use of an all-new metal composition vide cassette that removes the trouble of short duration. In 1986, Panasonic, a record by releasing its full size VHS / S-VHS camcorder version, up to 3 or 9 hours of video. It was a success on many videophiles, university-TV studios and industry videographers.

Camcorders continue to develop significantly over time and the digital era was an exception. The DV and miniDV were in the middle of the 1990s. The cassette tapes for these devices were even smaller than their predecessors Video8. The miniDV also improved audio and video quality. Digital8 and MPEG2 DVD-based camcorder, the following variations on the IR. Currently, an entry-level camcorder costs about 100 U.S. dollars.