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

[Bagheera0084]

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?

 

[Vsdoc]

Yo @Sharma Ji @Vsdoc @Bagheera0084 et al

Yo puppy.

 

[Bagheera0084]

Yo puppy.

Remember I told you about Padamchen? @Vsdoc is that guy. Very entertaining political posts, even for those uninterested in politics, like you.

 

[Paitoo]

Remember I told you about Padamchen? @Vsdoc is that guy. Very entertaining political posts, even for those uninterested in politics, like you.

@Vsdoc needs no introduction
And who said I am not interested in politics. What I am not interested in is defence matters lol.
But political discussions always get ugly and then you risk getting banned, and what is the point getting banned when you cannot participate. Bit of a slippery slope eh? So I end up mainly being a spectator. It's mainly WA groups for me, with people I have met personally

 

[Vsdoc]

@Vsdoc needs no introduction
And who said I am not interested in politics. What I am not interested in is defence matters lol.
But political discussions always get ugly and then you risk getting banned, and what is the point getting banned when you cannot participate. Bit of a slippery slope eh? So I end up mainly being a spectator. It's mainly WA groups for me, with people I have met personally

Same. Defence geekery is very typical Indian IT coolie mentation.

 

[Paitoo]

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?

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

 

[Guru Dutt]

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bhai ji i saw video camera or for that matter personal videp camera latest in 1990 with some tourists from USA when they came to owr market

it looked something like this

 

[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.

 

[Bagheera0084]

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

 

[Bagheera0084]

Sony Handycam Sports, the CCD-SP7 1988.