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Betamax video cameras

The Betamax video cameras was first introdused in early 1977 with the Sony SLO 340 portable video recorder with the Sony Trinnicon DXC 1610 and Trincon HVC 1000 video cameras These units was popular and the SLO 340 was made up to 1980. In October 1980 the first consumer priced videocamera recorder went on sale , the very popular Sony SL 3000 UB paring with the very famous Trinicon HVC 2000P camera the brown coloured SL 3000 with faux leather carry case was a instant hit with the consumer, the camera also pared with a TV tunner timer so the buyer could use it for more than a video camera. These Betamax video recorders was made until the mid 1980's and made available to by in very limited numbers until the late 1980s because Betamax was discontinued on the consumer market around the end of 1984/ early 1985 and only used for professional television broadcasting after that date, rare Betamax machines was made after the decommissioning of consumer version of the Beta format on January the first 1985 and was mistaken for that Betamax was still in production by evidence of rare later models being seen by some people asking questions this is easy to correct once a format has been discontiued the manufacturers have a olbigation to make parts for the machines that the consumer had brought like video-heads,capasitor. tuner parts ect but in case of worse case sinarios "broken beyond repair/stolen" the manufacturers use to make a "whole machine" for these people for compaterbility with the video cassettes they had made, these machines are updated only, the format remained exacally the same with no modifications inside the video such as a built in tape de-threader. The last production run of these replacement video recorders was in 2002 and closed on January the first 2003. In the early 1980s the Sony F1 portable video camera was released, compared to the previous model the SL 3000 UB it was more modern looking coloured in silver with electronic buttons and a renamed Trinicon HVC camera now called the HVC 3000P, the 1 Betamax alike the SL 3000 also pared with a optional TV tuner timer to enable the buyer to use it to be used as a home video recorder as well. These units was massed prodused in there thousands

Betamovie camcorder

In 1983 The Betamax portable camera recorders was stopped made as now the all new video camera was launched now entitled "camcorder" The Sony BMC100P Betamovie camcorder first generation camcorder was a point and shoot only machine with no facilities on-board to play back and review footage on the camera, and no electronic view finder and no fast forward and rewind functioned , these early camcorders was designed to play back through home VCR non portable Betamax recorders like the SL C-20 HI FI Beta machine , Sanyo also made the Betamovie camcorders along with another Betamax sponser Toshiba. The Betamovie camcorders was made until the mid 1980s consisting of three models the BMC100,BMC-200,and the CCD version with electronic view finder 1985 BMC-500 camcorders, and the BMC 500 has become qiute a collectors item amongst enthusiasts , a latter EDV model in the format of the Betamovie not to be confussed with the EDV standard design limited edition camcorder format that we technically use today in the late 1980s was thought to have been made around 1988 made in small numbers, In 1988 EDV is a Betamax version of the upgrade Super Video Home System vcr consumer based video recorder format that unlike Betamax was not made to be the World Wide Standard On Professional Broadcasting like Betamax's job was to be and technically only soley for this purpose hence the limited amount of time Betamax was sold on the consumer market as a limited edition video the public had first rufusal on the new television broadcast television systems first introdused to the television industry in 1982 called "Betacam". Other Betamovie models made was the BMC 660,(Super Beta version)the Betamovie the GCS-1 Superbeta industrial video camera, and the BMC-1000 that claims to be the last Betamovie around 1988 before the new camcorder format design called EDV was launched.

EDV Betamax camcorder

EDV (Extended Definition Video) was rare fully on board functions camcorder unlike the the then defunked BMC Betamovie range of camcorders the EDV had the inability to fast forward, and rewind, inside the camcorder, and electronic view finder that very few Betamovies had to see the footage they had shot this EDV Betamax camcorder was the last Betamax consumer priced camcorder ever sold in the very late 1980's one eighth the price of a Betacam professional version sold to Television stations well out of not only the consumers price range but beyond the price of most of the rich. Because of there unique format compared to portable video camera units sold previously using the "Betamax format" and the Betamovie format, these EDV camcorders are very sought after by collectors and are very hard to find. Originally it was inappropriate to put fast forward and rewind functions inside a camcorder, or even electronic view finders because it was seen that it advanced technology premiturely and could lead to trade dissputes, and customs bans