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OBJECT TYPE
N/A
DATE
1999
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2011.0292.006
MANUFACTURER
Sony Corp.
MODEL
VCL-0637H
LOCATION
Japan

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
6
Total Parts
10
AKA
Conversion lens
Patents
N/A
General Description
An artifact made of metal and glass materials/Un objet fait avec des éléments en métal et en verre.

Dimensions

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

Length
6.0 cm
Width
6.0 cm
Height
3.5 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Communications
Category
Television
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Sony
Country
Japan
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
August 31st, 1999-2006
Canada
This camera was given to the donor by his wife as a gift for their 25th wedding anniversary on August 31, 1999. This camera was used extensively by the donor on both personal and business-related occasions. Over the course of the next five years, the camera was used at mining trade shows and conferences in Toronto and Quebec City, as well as Acapulco, Cape town, Johannesburg, Santiago, Santo Domingo, and Belo Horizonte. Throughout this time, it was also used for a great deal of personal photography at the Club de Yachting Portage Champlain in Hull. It was also used for vacations to France, Cuba, and Jamaica, and to take photographs and video at the wedding of the owner’s son. La caméra était un cadeau pour le 25ie anniversaire de mariage du donateur le 31 aout, 1999. La caméra était utilisée personnellement ainsi que pour des occasions incluant des relations d'affaires. La caméra a vu de l'action à des conférences de minage et des foires commerciales à Toronto, la ville de Québec, Acapulco, Le Cap, Johannesburg, Santiago, Santo Domingo et Belo Horizonte. Pendant ce temps-là il a aussi été utiliser pour de la photographie personnelle au Club de Yachting Portage Champlain à Hull. La caméra a aussi été apportée pour enregistrer pendant des vacances en France, Cuba, en Jamaïque et aussi pour enregistrer des vidéos et prendre des images fixe de leur fils à son mariage.
Function
This conversion lens was fastened to the Mavica FD83 camera to allow it to increase its magnification ability when recording still images and videos by increasing its focal length. Un convertisseur de focale est une lentille qui a été attachée à la caméra nommée le Mavica FD83 pour augmenter son habilité de grossissement pendant l'enregistrement des vidéos et en prenant des images fixe.
Technical
The Mavica (Magnetic Video Camera) FD83 was released by Sony in 1999. The MVC-FD83 records both still images in jpeg format and video files in mpeg format onto 3.5’’ floppy diskettes with the help of its own rechargeable lithium ion battery. Its equipped lens had the ability to zoom up to 6x and it boasted a shutter speed of 1/4000 of a second. The MVC-FD83 has a 2.5” LCD on the back of the camera for focusing and for viewing photographs. This camera has a resolution of 0.85 megapixels, but can achieve a resolution of over 1 Mp. Images may be recorded in one of two image quality modes: standard, to give a standard image quality; and fine. Still images of can be taken in one of three recording modes as either normal mode, voice mode, or email mode. Floppy diskettes could record 25-50 images of lower quality or 2-5 higher quality images taken by the Mavica. Le Mavica (Caméra vidéo Magnétique) FD83 offert par Sony était disponible au public en 1999. Il peut enregistrer des images en format JPEG et MPEG sur des disquettes souples de 3.5 pouces avec l'aide d'une batterie rechargeable a lithium. Il est aussi équipé avec une lentille avec la capacité de faire un zoom jusqu'à six fois et une vitesse d'obturation de 1/4000 d'une seconde. Le MVC-FD83 a un écran LCD de 2.5 pouces sur son dos pour regarder des images fixe et des vidéos. La caméra a une résolution de 0.85 mégapixel, mais peut aussi atteindre plus d'un mégapixel si nécessaire. Des images peuvent être enregistrées sur un des deux modes don le mode standard ou la mode fine pour augmenter la qualité d'images. Les images peuvent être enregistrées en mode normal, mode vocal, ou en mode courriel. La disquette souple pouvait enregistrer 25-40 images en faible qualité ou 2-5 avec une qualité augmentée.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
On the circumference of the lens/Sur la circonférence de la lentille:"SONY, WIDE CONVERSION LENS, XO.6, VCL-0637H, MADE IN JAPAN".
Missing
None apparent/ L'objet a toutes ces pièces.
Finish
A black metal object made with a circular glass lens on its front. The circumference of the lens has white lettering on it. The back of the lens has black metal threads as well as a second smaller glass lens fixed inside its body. Un objet noir fait en métal qui a une lentille en verre qui est circulaire. La circonférence de la lentille a un lettrage blanc. Le dos de l'objet est fileté et a une deuxième lentille qui est plus petite qui est fixée à l'intérieur du corps de l'objet.
Decoration
N/A

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