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Introduced in 1985, this was the first one-piece camcorder using full-size VHS cassettes. The camera uses a 1/2-inch colour Newvicon tube with a consumer-grade lens barrel giving a 6 times zoom with macro, normal focussing down to 4 feet (1.2 metres), and a minimum illumination of 10 lux. The microphone and folding viewfinder are physically ...
Combo-cameras combine full-feature still cameras and camcorders in a single unit. The Sanyo Xacti HD1 was the first such unit, combining the features of a 5.1 megapixel still camera with a 720p video recorder with improved handling and utility. Canon and Sony have introduced camcorders with still-photo performance approaching that of a digicam ...
The Sony HVR-Z7 and HVR-S270 video cameras, introduced in early 2008, were the first 3 CMOS sensor HDV camcorder that records on tape and/or CF card. In previous prosumer models, Sony released model pairs that shared the same optics and sensors, such as the VX2000/PD150, VX2100/PD170, Z1/FX1, and V1/FX7; where the VX/FX was the consumer version ...
In October 1999, DeCSS was released. This program enables anyone to remove the CSS encryption on a DVD. Although its authors only intended the software to be used for playback purposes, [2] it also meant that one could decode the content perfectly for ripping; combined with the DivX 3.11 Alpha codec released shortly after, the new codec increased video quality from near VHS to almost DVD ...
Kulabyte provides live video encoding and streaming software for X86 that supports up to 1080p resolution full motion H.264/AVC video using MainConcept "High" profile. "Kulabyte Software and Hardware Encoders". Archived from the original on 2010-03-07. Sorenson Media offers several implementations of H.264 for Sorenson Squeeze users to choose ...
AVCHD Lite is a subset of AVCHD format announced in January 2009, [19] which is limited to 720p60, 720p50 and 720p24 and does not employ Multiview Video Coding. [20] AVCHD Lite cameras duplicate each frame of 25fps/30fps video acquired by camera sensor, [21] producing 720p50/720p60 bitstream compliant with AVCHD and Blu-ray Disc specifications ...
NightShot Plus switch on a Sony Handycam DCR-HC40E. Select flagship Sony Handycam models feature infrared night-vision dubbed NightShot (sometimes referred to as "NightShot Plus" on some models), which utilizes an infrared light-emitting diode and an infrared filter that is mechanically attached and detached to the sensor in order to enable the camcorder to record video footage in complete ...
The JVC GR-C1 was famous as Doc Brown's video camera (operated by Marty McFly) in the film Back to the Future. [4]It also featured in Stranger Things season 2 (set in 1984), as the camcorder Bob Newby hands over to Jonathan Byers to use when he takes Will and the other kids trick-or-treating and is used to record the Mind Flayer.