Video camera, Sony Trinicon Colour Camera DXC-1610P, Japan, 1980s
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
circa 1980s
A Sony Trinicon Colour Camera, Model DXC 1610P which was originally housed in a metal carry case, padded with foam supports. The camera came with a detachable viewfinder and a battery adaptor. The camera was used by the Kodak Australasia Marketing Education Centre.
This adaptor is part of the Kodak collection of products, promotional materials, photographs and working life artefacts collected from Kodak Australasia in 2005, when the Melbourne manufacturing plant at Coburg closed down. Kodak manufactured and distributed a wide range of photographic products to Australasia, such as film, paper, chemicals, cameras and miscellaneous equipment. Die cast metal camera body, painted beige, with black lens, a detachable plastic lens cover and carry handle. The camera is stored inside a silver-coloured metal carry case padded with grey-green foam.
Also in the case is a detachable camera viewfinder and an unidentified rectangular black plastic component. The case has some stickers adhered to the top and front faces.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 4
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Die cast metal, plastic
- Dimensions
- Overall Dimensions: 340 mm (Width), 620 mm (Depth), 247 mm (Height)
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Sony Corporation
- Place recorded
- Japan
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Museums Victoria, Melbourne collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- mv-2017024
- Museum object name
- Video Camera - Sony Corporation, Trinicon Colour Camera DXC-1610P, Japan, circa 1980s
- Holding institution
- Museums Victoria, Melbourne
- Museum object number
- HT 35475
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.