Editing Still video camera (section)

===Professional cameras===
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 |image1=Canon RC-701 img 0828.jpg |caption1=Canon RC-701 from 1986 (photographed in 2010)
 |image2=Nikon QV1000C front-left 2015 Nikon Museum.jpg |caption2=Nikon QV-1000C from 1988 (photographed in 2015)
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The [[Yomiuri Shimbun]] approached Canon in September 1983, asking for a SVC to use at the [[1984 Los Angeles Olympics]]; the resulting system would also require a transmitter, receiver, and printer.<ref name=WI-77/> Canon's experiment was a success, and Yomiuri photographers would capture images of Japanese athletes from the 1984 Summer Olympics using a prototype Canon SVC (model D701)<ref name=WI-77/> and transmit them for rapid publication, which would have been impossible with conventional film photographs.<ref name=PP-9003>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o0s6ghbJ1ecC&pg=PA52 |title=Reinventing the Image |author=Goldsmith, Arthur |date=March 1990 |magazine=Popular Photography |pages=48–53 |issn=0032-4582 |volume=97 |number=3 |publisher=Diamandis Communications |location=New York City |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref>{{rp|52–53}} TI helped Canon develop the CCD sensor for the prototype D701.<ref name=WI-77/> The 1984 Summer Olympics proved to be fertile ground for SVC development; Sony developed a similar SVC system for the [[Asahi Shimbun]] and Nikon developed the NT-1000 Direct Transmitter for [[Kyodo News]], although both Sony's and Nikon's systems were capable of only transmitting black and white images, while Canon provided color.<ref name=WI-77/> Nikon released the NT-1000 in 1983 as an alternative solution for photojournalists on location, the first portable machine to scan and transmit conventional film.<ref name=Aasland/>

At Photokina '84, [[Copal Corporation|Copal]] and [[Panasonic]] showed prototype SVCs.<ref name=PM-8502/> Konica's prototype SVC, initially displayed in 1985,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-MDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA156 |title=Filmless photos advance |magazine=Popular Mechanics |date=September 1985 |volume=162 |number=9 |issn=0032-4558 |pages=156 |publisher=Hearst Corporation |location=New York City |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> and as a more advanced prototype in 1987,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2QAAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86 |title=What's New: Still video system |author=Fisher, Arthur |date=May 1987 |magazine=Popular Science |issn=0161-7370 |publisher=Times Mirror Magazines |location=New York City |volume=232 |issue=11 |page=86 |access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> carried an estimated price of {{US$|4000|1987|round=-2}}.<ref name=PS-8711>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qwAAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55 |title=Filmless Photos |author=Free, John |magazine=Popular Science |date=November 1987 |volume=231 |number=5 |issn=0161-7370 |pages=54–55 |publisher=Times Mirror Magazines |location=New York City |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> Kodak demonstrated a prototype SVC in 1987; coverage focused on the handling of the prototype ("held the way binoculars are held" with top-mounted controls and rear displays) and weight, at {{cvt|4|lb}}.<ref name=PS-8711/><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zOMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40 |title=Kodak Electronic Photos |author=Booth, Stephen A. |magazine=Popular Mechanics |date=October 1987 |volume=164 |number=10 |issn=0032-4558 |pages=40;44 |publisher=Hearst Corporation |location=New York City |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref>

Canon continued to develop the D701 into the RC-701, which was the first SVC to be marketed commercially in 1986, aimed at professional photographers and news agencies;<ref name=CNet-2021/><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Canon RC-701 |date=July 1986 |page=62 |magazine=Popular Photography}}</ref> three interchangeable dedicated lenses were developed for the RC-701, and FD-mount lenses could be attached via an adapter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://global.canon/en/c-museum/product/svc443.html |title=Still Video Cameras: RC-701 |website=Canon Camera Museum |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zuMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56 |title=Electronics: Electronic camera arrives |author=Booth, Stephen A. |magazine=Popular Mechanics |date=September 1986 |pages=56;60 |publisher=Hearst Corporation |location=New York City |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> The RC-701 used a 380,000-pixel CCD made by TI, and was priced at {{US$|2595|1986|round=-1}} for the body alone.<ref name=PS-8610>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ja8HagveLRQC&pg=PA74 |title=Video photography—the electronic revolution continues |author=Free, John |magazine=Popular Science |date=October 1986 |volume=230 |number=4 |issn=0161-7370 |pages=74;98 |publisher=Times Mirror Magazines |location=New York City |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> It was the cornerstone of Canon's pro-oriented Still Video System, which also included a transceiver and printer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pacificrimcamera.com/rl/00400/00400.pdf |title=Canon Still Video System |date=1987 |publisher=Canon Corporation |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> The total system cost was approximately {{US$|33000|1986|round=-3}}.<ref name=PS-8609>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NUzwukoJzGIC&pg=PA20 |title=Electronics Newsfront: Electronic still camera |author=Hawkins, William J. |magazine=Popular Science |date=September 1986 |volume=231 |number=3 |issn=0161-7370 |pages=20 |publisher=Times Mirror Magazines |location=New York City |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> The [[dye-sublimation printer]] that was developed for the system would go on to spawn a separate commercial line which Canon branded SELPHY.<ref name=WI-77/> Sony was second to market with the ProMavica MVC-A7AF of 1987, which offered the ability to record 10 seconds of audio.<ref name=PS-8711/><ref name=PS-8610/> In November 1987, Minolta released two still video backs that could be fitted to its [[Minolta 7000|7000]] and [[Minolta 9000|9000]] autofocus SLRs,<ref name=PP-9012>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9i41hsvnbUYC&pg=PA102 |title=16 Top Still-Video Cameras |author=<!--Editors, no credited byline--> |pages=102–104;183 |magazine=Popular Photography |date=December 1990 |issn=0032-4582 |volume=97 |number=12 |publisher=Diamandis Communications |location=New York City |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> designated SB-70(S) and SB-90(S), respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kenko-tokina.co.jp/konicaminolta/history/minolta/1980/1987.html |title=1987: スチルビデオバックSB-70/-90 |trans-title=1987: Still Video Back SB-70/-90 |language=ja |publisher=KenkoTokina Corporation |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> The retail price in 1988 was {{USD|2915|1988|round=-1}} each.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R4zUHMZQudoC&pg=PA89 |title=What's New: Still Video |author=Fisher, Arthur |date=July 1988 |magazine=Popular Science |issn=0161-7370 |publisher=Times Mirror Magazines |location=New York City |volume=233 |issue=1 |page=89 |access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> Nikon countered by announcing its competing QV-1000C professional SVC with supporting system hardware, including two dedicated lenses and a transmitter, in August 1988.<ref name=Aasland>{{cite web |url=https://www.nikonweb.com/qv1000c/ |title=Nikon QV-1000C: The history of Nikon's first electronic camera |author=Aasland, Jarle |date= |website=NikonWeb |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref>

The first photographs in a United States newspaper taken with the Canon Still Video System were published in ''[[USA Today]]'' on October 19, 1987, covering the [[1987 World Series]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZeQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12 |title=World Series Files Filmless Photos |magazine=Popular Mechanics |date=March 1988 |volume=165 |number=3 |issn=0032-4558 |pages=12;15 |publisher=Hearst Corporation |location=New York City |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> However, due to their poor resolution, photojournalists generally were hesitant to adopt SVCs.<ref name=PP-9003/>{{rp|52–53}} It has been reported that one of the [[Tiananmen Square]] "[[tank man]]" photographs was captured using a Sony ProMavica; according to the cameraman, Johnathan Schaer of [[Cable News Network]], it was instead a still field captured on videotape and sent using the transmitter for the ProMavica.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nikonweb.com/tankman/ |title=Mythbuster: How CNN captured and transmitted the iconic "tank man" photo |author=Aasland, Jarle |website=NikonWeb |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>