Some old cam at DVinfo.net

Jonathan Jones · September 20th, 2005, 07:57 PM

This might be a strange question, but somehow I just happened upon an old Canon VC-30 hi-band saticon camera. I think the box it was in probably wasn't even opened in over a dozen years and the cam probably wasn't used much even before that. Canon released it in 1984 and this is a pretty strange little piece of machinery, although it would seem it was pretty advanced for its time. Apparently it was supposed to be hauled around with a large box-y VCR (which I'm pretty sure is around here somewhere) into which the signal would go - much more than that I can't say because I never used one of these.

I tried to do a search on the internet about the cam and although I turned up pretty much nothing on the cam, I found thousands of dealers that apparently still sell batteries for it - so shock of shocks, wonder if it is fact a usable camera and if folks still use it today.

Does anyone know anything about this piece of hardware - should I even try to ebay it? or is it just mulch?
-Jon

Jack Smith · September 20th, 2005, 10:12 PM

Canon has it on there site
http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/c...984_vc-30.html
a google shows over 400 sites.Can't hurt to ebay it.Take some shots of it before you do you may be able to use them one day

Lorinda Norton · September 20th, 2005, 10:19 PM

Hey Jon,

Because you make movies you might consider hanging on to that old relic. Check this out:
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=34484

September 20th, 2005, 07:57 PM	#1
Jonathan Jones Trustee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Healdsburg, California Posts: 1,138	Some old cam This might be a strange question, but somehow I just happened upon an old Canon VC-30 hi-band saticon camera. I think the box it was in probably wasn't even opened in over a dozen years and the cam probably wasn't used much even before that. Canon released it in 1984 and this is a pretty strange little piece of machinery, although it would seem it was pretty advanced for its time. Apparently it was supposed to be hauled around with a large box-y VCR (which I'm pretty sure is around here somewhere) into which the signal would go - much more than that I can't say because I never used one of these. I tried to do a search on the internet about the cam and although I turned up pretty much nothing on the cam, I found thousands of dealers that apparently still sell batteries for it - so shock of shocks, wonder if it is fact a usable camera and if folks still use it today. Does anyone know anything about this piece of hardware - should I even try to ebay it? or is it just mulch? -Jon __________________ "Are we to go on record, sir, with our assertion that the 'pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers' are, in point of fact', magically delicious?" - Walter Hollarhan before the House Subcommittee on Integrity in Advertising - May, 1974

September 20th, 2005, 10:19 PM	#3
Lorinda Norton Wrangler Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Southwest Idaho, USA Posts: 3,066	Hey Jon, Because you make movies you might consider hanging on to that old relic. Check this out: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=34484 __________________ Lorinda

September 20th, 2005, 10:12 PM	#2
Jack Smith Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: ontario Posts: 445	Canon has it on there site http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/c...984_vc-30.html a google shows over 400 sites.Can't hurt to ebay it.Take some shots of it before you do you may be able to use them one day