| The video camera first made its debut in the television | | | | regression - repetition of a scene. Video cameras |
| industry but has now penetrated the common field. | | | | were first meant for broadcasting television pictures. |
| BBC (British Broadcasting Company) used the first | | | | The first ones were large, mounted on trolleys and |
| ones in the 1930`s. The video camera is used mainly | | | | connected by wires to recorders kept in another room. |
| for two purposes. The primary one is for projection of | | | | Technology meant downsizing everything to mini |
| live shows, like the ones we see on the television as | | | | handy proportions. Simultaneously costs began to go |
| also for immediate spying as used by and for the | | | | down making it more affordable to the common |
| military and industrial operations. The second purpose is | | | | people. Sales shot up boosting further research in the |
| for storage and archiving. Videotapes were at one | | | | field. Shoulder operated luggage type video cameras |
| time in use but now discs have replaced these. The | | | | used to sell for US$1500. Today better features are |
| latest video cameras (filmadora) are a far cry from its | | | | available from a mini model of video camera |
| first generation models - similarities are difficult to trace. | | | | (filmadora) that can rest on the palm of the hand for |
| Professional models of video cameras are mobile units | | | | US$150! It is a revolution in evolution. It consists of three |
| and allow fine manual control as required in fieldwork. | | | | parts - the lens, the imager and the recorder. The lens |
| Camcorders (filmadora) are also video cameras - it is | | | | focuses light on the object. The imager converts this |
| a combination of a camera and a recording device | | | | into video signal and then finally it is stored or recorded |
| (VCR). These are in great demand for home movies, | | | | in the recorder. The camera (filmadora) section |
| television production, electronic news conferences etc. | | | | consists of the optics and the imager. The lens has an |
| Another type of video camera is the closed circuit | | | | aperture to control light, zoom to define the field of |
| variety that is used for security and monitoring. They | | | | vision and shutter-speed to capture motion in continuity. |
| are tiny so that can be hidden and are often used to | | | | The electronics automatically controls and adjusts |
| monitor the environment in settings where man cannot | | | | these units. Professionals have the option of choosing |
| physically go. These web cams are video cameras | | | | from models, which have manual functions as well so |
| used where there is danger from radiation, excessive | | | | that the operator has a say in the matter. The imager |
| heat and exposure to poisonous chemicals and | | | | is the eye of the set and changes light into video signal |
| inhospitable terrain. Another model is the digital camera | | | | electronically. The recorder writes the video signal on |
| that converts the signal to a digital output and these | | | | to a magnetic videotape or disc. The time and date |
| are even smaller than the security cameras. Often | | | | are also recorded. From ancient times man has been |
| these are incorporated into the body of the computer | | | | desperate and keen to capture in time what is fleeting |
| or mobile pones and laptops. Special types of video | | | | and transitory. He has scratched on stone and |
| cameras are used abroad satellites for probing space | | | | papyrus building library after library of life that is as |
| or inserted in robots creating artificial intelligence. These | | | | fleeting as the moving river. This urge still remains. With |
| come in handy also for medical use. Video cameras | | | | the video camera (filmadora) we capture eternally our |
| (filmadora) are slowly taking over the film world as | | | | personal lives and record history of protests and |
| video technology improves by the day. Video cameras | | | | speeches. |
| are now able to create special effects like infinite | | | | |