JVC KY-1900 Analog video camera

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JVC KY-1900 professional tube-based video camera from the early 1980s, near‑mint in appearance and untested.

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Description from the seller

I’m selling a professional JVC KY-1900 camera, an iconic early-1980s model used at the time in TV and broadcast video production.

Year: 1983
Brand: JVC
Model: KY-1900
Type: tube-based professional video camera

Features
• Professional studio/broadcast camera for studio use and heavy-duty field reporting
• Tube technology (Trinicon) → image quality typical of the 1980s
• Ultra-robust construction, true 'TV equipment' quality
• Numerous manual adjustments: iris, white balance, gains, etc.
• Ideal for :
• video equipment collector
• film set / music video clip / retro shoot
• artistic project seeking a vintage analog video look
• museum, audiovisual school, expo

State
• Old equipment, sold as vintage equipment
• Cosmetic condition: like new

What you should know

This isn’t a modern digital camera: it’s a genuine vintage-era machine—heavy, professional, with the charm and constraints of analog. Perfect for enthusiasts and creative projects, less so for plug‑and‑play use.

To be picked up

I’m selling a professional JVC KY-1900 camera, an iconic early-1980s model used at the time in TV and broadcast video production.

Year: 1983
Brand: JVC
Model: KY-1900
Type: tube-based professional video camera

Features
• Professional studio/broadcast camera for studio use and heavy-duty field reporting
• Tube technology (Trinicon) → image quality typical of the 1980s
• Ultra-robust construction, true 'TV equipment' quality
• Numerous manual adjustments: iris, white balance, gains, etc.
• Ideal for :
• video equipment collector
• film set / music video clip / retro shoot
• artistic project seeking a vintage analog video look
• museum, audiovisual school, expo

State
• Old equipment, sold as vintage equipment
• Cosmetic condition: like new

What you should know

This isn’t a modern digital camera: it’s a genuine vintage-era machine—heavy, professional, with the charm and constraints of analog. Perfect for enthusiasts and creative projects, less so for plug‑and‑play use.

To be picked up

Details

Era
1900-2000
Brand
JVC
Model/ type nr
KY-1900
Physical condition
Near mint
Functional condition
Not tested
Estimated Period
1980-1990
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