Sony Mavica MVC-5000
Camera
Sony Corporation
Japanese, estab. 1946
Sony Mavica MVC-5000
Still Video Camera
1989
Metal, plastic, glass and rubber
Overall: 5 1/4 × 7 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (13.3 × 18.4 × 14 cm)
Gift of Elise Winters, 2016
DescriptionBlack, rectangular, battery powered, still video camera with single-lens reflex, optical view finder, LCD display, two 2/3" CCD 0.38MP sensors, bayonet lens mount, 9.5-123.5mm f/1.8 zoom lens, adjustable and automatic white balance, flash mount, single frame, triple-image continuous or self timer shutter control, internal microphone, external microphone jack, ID data record, AC power adaptor and black with grey canvas strap. The camera accepts 2" video floppy disks.
Inscriptions Printed in white on left side of camera: Hi-Band Mavica MVC-5000 2CCD / Printed in white in front of auto reset button: RESET / Printed in white to right of display select button on left side of camera: SELECT / Printed in white to right of image select button on left side of camera: SHOT/TRACK / Printed in white above lens: SONY / Printed in white to left of lens release button below lens: LENS / Printed in white to right of image preview button below lens: PREVIEW / Printed in white in front of audio record button on right side of camera: AUDIO REC / Printed in white in front of white balance button on right side of camera: WHT BAL / Printed in white in front of iris control button on top of camera: MANUAL IRIS / Printed in white on the power dial on top of the camera: STANDBY, OFF, ON, V OUT / Printed in white, red and orange on the mode dial on top of the camera: AE, EV, DRIVE, SKIP, AUDIO, WB, FR/FLD / Printed in white below the automatic exposure lock button on the back of the camera: AE LOCK / Printed in white above the floppy disk eject lever on the back of the camera: EJECT / Printed in white on the back of the camera: HiVF / Printed in white to the left of the battery lock lever on the bottom of the camera: BATT / Printed in white in front of the band selector switch on the bottom of the camera: NORMAL, HI-BAND / Printed in silver on the product plate on the bottom of the camera: SONY MODEL NO. MVC-5000 STILL VIDEO CAMERA RECORDER DC 6V 3-739-301-01 SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL VOIR LE MODE D'EMPLOI SONY CORPORATION MADE IN JAPAN / Printed in black on product plate on bottom of camera: NO. 10037 / Engraved in white on camera strap: SONY
