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VHS-C at IFA 1983

Germany's Telefunken shows off its first VHS-C camcorder at IFA 1983. VHS-C was introduced the previous year and was a more compact version of the popular VHS video cassette format. The image shows Josef A. Stoffels, then CEO of Telefunken, with a 30-minute VHS-C cassette. The camera weighed 1.9 kilograms.

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