The 3230 with most of the controls visible.
Beneath the top handle is a pop up control panel that allows access to the effects and title generator.
PANASONIC
WV-3230 PRO-LINE
COLOR VIDEO CAMERA
The last of the classic home video
cameras that still used tube
technology! This was it. Before the introduction of the CCD cameras,
home video manufacturers tried one last time to make something a cut
above the
typical home video cam.
Panasonic produced this camera -- the WV3230 -- using what they called the Newvicon tube. The Newvicon was a cut above the typical old vidicon tube -- it did have a better-than-usual image quality in low light -- but, like all tube cameras in their day it still suffered from lag.
This baby still works. I tested it recently using a VCR that has a built in video camera connector.
Update: The viewfinder has apparently failed. All it shows now is a white vertical line. However, the camera works fine otherwise -- when plugged into a tv or monitor it presents as good an image as it ever has.
Panasonic produced this camera -- the WV3230 -- using what they called the Newvicon tube. The Newvicon was a cut above the typical old vidicon tube -- it did have a better-than-usual image quality in low light -- but, like all tube cameras in their day it still suffered from lag.
This baby still works. I tested it recently using a VCR that has a built in video camera connector.
Update: The viewfinder has apparently failed. All it shows now is a white vertical line. However, the camera works fine otherwise -- when plugged into a tv or monitor it presents as good an image as it ever has.
The 3230 on-board features:
- Auto / Manual iris controls
- 350 lines horizontal resolution
- 10 - 120mm smooth motorized zoom with macro
- Effects and titles generator
- Color compensation controls
- Indoor / Oudoor light balence switch
- White Balence switch
- Detachable stereo microphone
- RCA Leather case
- Owner's Manual "Operating Instructions"
$60 plus shipping & Handling
SOLD -- NO LONGER AVAILABLE
