Sony camcorders
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Sony Corporation (commonly known as Sony) produces professional, consumer, and prosumer camcorders such as studio and broadcast, digital cinema cameras, camcorders, pan-tilt-zoom and remote cameras.
Analog models
Sony made many analogue camcorders, mainly under the Handycam line from the mid 1980s until the early 2000s. The analogue models mostly used 8mm tape formats before digital formats such as miniDV and Digital8 took over.
Handycam
Handycam, launched in 1985, is Sony's line of handheld (as opposed to shoulder-mounted) camcorders, originally recording to 8mm video cassettes.
Digital standard definition models
Sony DCR-VX1000
The VX1000, introduced in 1995, was the first digital consumer MiniDV camcorder. It is also widely used by professional skateboarding videographers. Century Optics designed the Mk1 fisheye lens just for the VX1000. The VX1000 excels at daytime colors.
Sony DCR-TRV900/DSR-PD100
These models gained wide-scale popularity when paired with Century Optics Mk1 or Mk2.
Sony DCR-VX2000 & Sony DSR-PD150
The VX2000/PD150 sister models improved on the VX1000 in low light sensitivity and added LCD screen.
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