I love a good bad idea - and this was one of the best (Patreon)

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2016-10-25 16:55:06

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2021-02

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Continuing my mission to increase my output with the minimum of distraction to catch up on a few projects - here's something that you may find interesting, I know I did.

Sometimes you don't realise how far you have come until you look back over your shoulder. So while 1998 doesn't feel like ancient history to me, in camcorder terms it was a completely different era.

Nowadays I'm shooting and editing 4K video, but 18 years ago (yes it's that long) things were very (very) different.

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RetroTech: Sony's bizarre Ruvi camcorder

1998's Ruvi was a one-off camcorder experiment from Sony. In the video you can find out what made this a uniquely bad idea. -------------SUPPORT--------------- This channel can be supported through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/techmoan Sometimes Patrons have early access to videos ---------------SUBSCRIBE------------------ http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan?sub_confirmation=1 GPQOC Guessed Potential Questions or Comments (Q=Question, C=Comment) Q) Is the tape a loop?