Betamovie

Betamovie used the standard-size cassette, but with a modified transport.

The first one-piece consumer camcorder, the Betamovie, came from Sony.

This used a miniaturized cassette to make a camcorder smaller and lighter than any Betamovie.

SuperBeta and industrial Betamovie camcorders would also be sold by Sony.

The GR-C1 is much more like modern camcorders in its styling than the Betamovie.

Concerned with the need for several pieces and cables to connect them, an integrated camera/recorder was designed, which Sony dubbed a "Camcorder"; the result was Betamovie.

The Betamovie BMC-100P used a Betamax cassette and typically rested on the shoulder of the operator, due to a design that could not be controlled with a single-handed grip.

Twenty years later, as beloved theaters like the Loew's 83rd Street Quad were facing the wrecking ball, he grabbed a Betamovie camcorder and made another jostling photographic journey, this time down Broadway from West 91st Street past Columbus Circle.