Q&A In which decade home-use portable video camera became available in South-Asian subcontine?

[Suresh Naresh]

Nowadays even small children have video cameras with them. But In which decade home-use portable video camera became available in South-Asian subcontinent? Which decade did South-Asian subcontinent's middle-class got access to portable video camera? And can someone tell more about when and how common South Asians began using video cameras at home?

 

[Sharma Ji]

There's such great tech nowadays, get a gimbal for any mid-range and above smartphone and you can do wonders, for apple, there's even a bunch of lenses on the market. Making vids has never been easier and more fun. There's also lotsa great free editor softwares for movies and pics.

 

[Suresh Naresh]

I had a Sony handycam in 90s. A hand-me-down from a rich uncle. Didn't use it much because I looked too rich in my friends group hanging around with, so finally ditched it. It had those small cassettes, which went into a sort of cassette holder of normal size video tape when you wanted to play it. It might still be lying at the bottom of a trunk in my parents' house

Can you answer few questions?

1. Rich uncle means how rich? Was he an industrialist?

2. Can you give a rough estimate exactly which year HE purchased it?

 

[Paitoo]

Can you answer few questions?

1. Rich uncle means how rich? Was he an industrialist?

2. Can you give a rough estimate exactly which year HE purchased it?

How rich in those days? No idea. Currently must be worth about 60-80 Cr. Not an industrialist. Had a computer peripherals business to start with. But mainly into real estate.

I have no idea when he purchased it

 

[Suresh Naresh]

Sony Handycam Sports, the CCD-SP7 1988.