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From: hsu@cvl.UUCP (Dave Hsu)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Re: Sony Announces 8mm Camcorder
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Date: Mon, 10-Jun-85 22:52:43 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 10 22:52:43 1985
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> 
> Speaking of Sony camera devices, whatever happened to the old (2 yrs or
> so ago) rumors of a Sony disk camera recorder?  It was supposed to allow
> time-lapse and single frame by using a small magnetic disk and cost around
> $600.  I had heard it was available in Japan, but not in the U.S. yet.
> Did it ever exist?  I've been waiting for this one for 2 years.
> 
> Keith Doyle
> #  {ucbvax,ihnp4,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!keithd

The Sony Mavica does not appear to have survived past the prototype stage.
At least, it hasn't shown up around this corner of the world.  I suspect a
large part of the problem might have been making a high-enough quality printer
which could be mass-produced.  Of course, this problem is still being
addressed by other manufacturers (see June Modern Photography, pg 56).

-dave

* The author has nothing to do with Sony, or any other manufacturers of
  anything, except for the obscure S2LS Field Modification GA 76-5b and c *