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Amstrad Videomatic VMC1000 home VHS-C video camera. Includes cardboard packaging, battery pack, VHS tape casing, cassette tape case, and instruction manual.
It was Amstrad's first VHS-C camcorder. [VHS-C is a compact VHS format introduced in 1982 for camcorders]. Some consider the Amstrad VMC100 to be the first palmcorder because it was small enough to be held in one hand. Being Amstrad, it was very cheaply made. It lacked variable focus, no zoom, used inferior sealed lead-acid batteries, and generally "felt cheap". However, it did feed the public hunger for affordable home video equipment in an era of prolific VHS home video recorders, and as such was commercially successful.
Details
- Category:
- Television
- Object Number:
- 2019-367
- Materials:
- electrical component, metal (unknown) and plastic (unidentified)
- Measurements:
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video camera: 112 mm x 95 mm x 220 mm,
overall (in box): 210 mm x 285 mm x 245 mm, 3.16 kg
- type:
- video camera
