Sony 3CCD-VX3 (often referred to as simply VX-3) was a

Hi-8 The 8mm video format refers informally to three related videocassette formats. These are the original Video8 (analog recording) format and its improved successor Hi8 (analog video and analog audio but with provision for digital audio), as well as ...

camcorder noteworthy for being the first to feature dichroic (prismatic) imaging. It was released to the North American market in 1992 at a street cost of about US$3500. The PAL version as well as the Japanese version had the model name CCD-VX1. The image is created using three 1/3" CCD chips by prismatically splitting the optics into red, green, and blue, and processing each of these channels individually; this preserves quality especially with red hues. The camera imaged in 410,000 pixels with horizontal resolution of better than 530 lines. During the mid-1990s, Sony dropped Hi-8 in favor of the emerging DV format, and as a result the VX-3 was discontinued in September 1995. However the VX-3 went on to serve as the framework for a line of professional DV cameras, including the DCR-VX1000, DCR-VX9000, and DSR-200.

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Sony CCD-VX1
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