Ampex 3 CCD video camera

Ampex 3 CCD video camera (without lens). The camera recorded audio and video on a Betacam tape. Different lenses could be attached to the camera for close-ups and long shots, including a zoom lens. The camera was owned by Sveinn M. Sveinsson, owner of the film production company Plús Film, and it is one of the first professional video recorders to be made in a portable version. The camera could be shoulder-mounted and used for filming anywhere. Television began using similar cameras around 1980, when the medium stopped using film and adopted video.