A still video camera is a type of electronic camera that takes still images and stores them as single frames of video. They peaked in popularity in the late 1980s and can be seen as the predecessor to
Prototype Sony Mavica still video camera from 1981.
Canon RC-701 from 1986 (photographed in 2010)
Nikon QV-1000C from 1988 (photographed in 2015)
Mavica is a discontinued brand of Sony cameras which use removable disks as the main recording medium. On August 25, 1981, Sony unveiled a prototype of the Sony Mavica as the world's first electronic
Still video camera
…Still video camera Prototype Sony Mavica still video camera from 1981. Application Still photography & photojournalism Examples Sony Mavica, Canon Xapshot Media Video floppy (typical) Resolution…
Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD5 (1997), the first digital camera of the Mavica series
Inside the Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 Digital camera from 1997
Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 x10 Lens Assembly. The 0.3M pixel sensor is on the right hand PCB. From 1997