July 1986 · Computer or hardware
Canon RC-701 (1986)
Early still-video analog camera.
The RC-701 was the first still video camera sold, going on sale in July 1986. It recorded analog images as video fields on 2-inch floppy disks, about 50 per disk, and needed a separate player or printer to view them.
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Facts
- Date
- July 1986
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Still video camera
- Maker or publisher
- Canon
- Storage
- 2-inch still video floppy, 50 fields
- Sensor
- 2/3-inch CCD, 780 horizontal pixels
- Burst rate
- 10 frames per second
- Price (Japan)
- 390,000 yen
Source: global.canon
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