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GC-4400U Two tube, portable color vidicon camera with viewfinder. GC-4400U: New Photo! Two vidicon color camera with seperate electronic viewfinder. One vidicon captures themonochrome, or luma, signal and the other tube captures color through a red/blue vertically striped filter. The second tube is called the "color dissector". Note: a seperate CCU / encoder is not used or needed on this camera. This camera could be used with either the PV-4800U or CR-4400U portapacks. For use with regular VTR decks, the GA-22AU camera AC adapter was used to power the camera and break out to regulare video / audio connectors. Photo: JVC service manual.
GC-4800U, Two tube, portapack viewfinder, color vidicon camera. GC-4800U: New Photo! Two vidicon color camera with built-in electronic viewfinder. One vidicon captures themonochrome, or luma, signal and the other tube captures color through a red/blue vertically striped filter. The second tube is called the "color dissector". Note: this model uses a seperate CCU / encoder. This camera could be used with either the PV-4800U or CR-4400U portapacks. For use with regular VTR decks, the GA-20U camera AC adapter was used to power the camera and break out to regulare video / audio connectors. Photo: 1976 JVC catalog.
GS-4500U B/W vidicon / viewfinder portapack camera. GS-4500U: New Photo! Portable monochrome vidicon camera with built-in electronic viewfinder. This is the matching camera for the PV-4500U portapack VTR. It was (would have been?) very serious competition to the Sony 3400. It is such a close copy of the Sony camera that a desperate person could actually interchange the operators instructions and probably not even notice the difference! The GS-4500U weighed about the same as the Sony at around 7 pounds. These can get very heavy to hold up after just a few minutes! Photo: Book; The Video Primer by Richard Robinson, (C) 1978 Quick Fox Press.
GS-4600U B/W vidicon viewfinder camera. GS-4600U: New Photo! Portable monochrome vidicon camera with built-in electronic viewfinder. Amazingly light at only four pounds. An ultra-light for its time! JVC was obviously cognative of the weight problem associated with using small format cameras. Photo: 1976 JVC catalog.
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