General Information

Serial #

H3WA10107

Part Number

1

Total Parts

12

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS; GLASS OPTICS; METAL PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

20.5 cm

Width

12.0 cm

Height

20.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MATSUSHITA

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1993+

Canada

EXAMPLE OF POPULAR ANALOGUE CONSUMER VIDEO CAMCORDER USED IN CANADA. ORIGINAL OWNER WAS STEPHEN MAY, WHO PURCHASED IT FROM WACKID RADIO IN OTTAWA IN 1994 (FOR $1099.99). DONOR PURCHASED CAMCORDER FROM MR. MAY'S ESTATE.

Function

EMPLOYS LENS, IMAGE SENSOR & MICROPHONE TO RECORD MOVING IMAGES & SOUND AS VARYING MAGNETIC FIELD ON MAGNETIC TAPE, WHICH LATER CAN BE PLAYED BACK USING VIDEO CASSETTE PLAYER & TELEVISON RECEIVER.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF ANALOGUE CONSUMER VIDEO CAMERA INCORPORATING CHARGE COUPLED DEVICE (CCD) IMAGE SENSOR & COMPACT VERSION OF WIDELY USED VHS HALF-INCH TAPE CASSETTE. VHS-C WAS DEVELOPED BY JVC IN MID 1980S IN RESPONSE TO SONY'S SMALL 8MM VIDEO CASSETTE. USER COULD PLAY VHS-C CASSETTE IN VHS VCR BY INSERTING IT IN ADAPTER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

GOLD & SILVER LETTERING ON CASING READS "Panasonic/ Palmcorder IQ", "x10/ FULL AUTO OPERATION", "HI TECH 4 VHSC PV-IQ403"; WHITE LETTERING READING "COLOR VIEWFINDER"; LABEL READING "DEPT. WTJ. MANUFACTURED/ AUGUST 1993/ SERIAL NO./No. DE SERIE H3WA10107" WITH PATENT INFO.; LABEL READING "AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT/ EQUIPEMENT AUDIOVISUEL/ PA 047624"; LETTERING ON LENS HOUSING READS "x10/ 5.8-58mm 1:1.4/ M49 p=0.75mm"

Missing

AV CABLE TO CONNECT CAMCORDER TO TV OR VCR.

Finish

BLACK CASING, PARTS, STRAP; BLUE, RED & GREY CONTROLS

Decoration

MULTICOLOURED SWATCH ON SIDE