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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=890503711-01022010>I
think Hawkeye came first, I have the date for the Hawkeye HC-1 as c.1979-80. In
retrospect, it's very tricky to say who was first with something, "marketing"
have a habit of promoting the camera before it is actually ready to be sold!
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=890503711-01022010>The
best place to date things is in the NAB/IBC reports for the
period.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=890503711-01022010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=890503711-01022010>In
Europe there was the Bosch Quarter Cam, in retrospect not successful, but an
interesting attempt. It probably came after the RCA Hawkeye.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=890503711-01022010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=890503711-01022010>Brian
Summers</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=890503711-01022010>UK
member</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>David<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN
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think he falsely claims that the Betac</SPAN></I><SPAN
class=apple-style-span><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">am was
"The first one-piece camera and recorder ever made). I believe Panasonic's
M-Format "Recam" beat them.</SPAN></I></SPAN><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><o:p> </o:p></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I think it went M or was that Hawkeye<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Betacam<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>M2<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Beta SP<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>M2 and SP were very close<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>and release dates may have been different in the
UK<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>TrevorB<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>UK Member<o:p></o:p></P>
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