Camera record
SonyCCD-TRV24E
A PAL Video8 Handycam Vision with a 2.5-inch flip-out colour LCD, 15× optical zoom, manual focus and SteadyShot image stabilization.
Sony CCD-TRV24 with its colour LCD opened, pictured in a period brochure.
Brochure photograph preserved by the independent SONY.onl archive; pictured with a 30× digital-zoom marking.
Camera details
- Recording media & formats
- Video8
- Era
- 90sThe camcorder era
- Manufacturer documentation
- [2]
- Rental availability
- Available to rent
Verified features
- LCD screen
- Yes
2.5-inch colour LCD.[1]
- Flip-out screen
- Yes
Opens 90° and swivels through 210°; mirror mode.[1]
- Night vision
- No
No infrared recording mode; minimum illumination 0.7 lux.[1]
- NightShot
- No
No NightShot mode.[1]
- Manual focus
- Yes
Manual focus control.[1]
- Manual exposure
- No
Program AE presets and Back Light compensation; no manual exposure adjustment.[1]
- External mic input
- Yes
3.5 mm microphone input with plug-in power.[1]
- Headphone output
- Yes
Mono earphone minijack.[1]
- Optical zoom
- Yes
15× optical power zoom.[1]
- Image stabilization
- Yes
Sony SteadyShot.[1]
Technical specifications
- Recording format
- Analog Video8 (8 mm tape)[1]
- Video system
- PAL colour, CCIR standard[1]
- Image sensor
- CCD[1]
- Monitor
- 2.5-inch colour LCD[1]
- Viewfinder
- Black-and-white electronic viewfinder[1]
- Lens
- 15× optical; 4.1–61.5 mm; F1.4–2.4; 37 mm filter thread[1]
- 35 mm equivalent
- 47–705 mm[1]
- Digital zoom
- Yes[1]
- Minimum illumination
- 0.7 lux at F1.4[1]
- Recording time
- SP: 90 min; LP: 180 min (P5-90 cassette)[1]
- Audio
- FM recording; mono microphone and speaker[1]
- Connections
- Composite video out, mono audio out, microphone, earphone, 2.5 mm LANC and RFU DC out[1]
- Wide recording
- Cinema and 16:9 Full modes[1]
- Dimensions (W × H × D)
- Approx. 112 × 102 × 201 mm[1]
- Body weight
- Approx. 890 g, excluding batteries, cassette and strap[1]
- Recording power consumption
- 4.5 W with LCD; 3.5 W with viewfinder[1]
Sources & documentation
Follow the numbered references for the original documentation and page notes.
- Sony CCD-TRV14E / CCD-TRV24E Operating Instructions
Sony 3-859-266-12(1). Pages 4, 14–17: model differences, zoom and LCD. Pages 29–31, 38–45: menus, wide mode, focus, exposure and SteadyShot. Page 76: specifications. Pages 78–81: complete controls and connections.
- Sony CCD-TRV24E support & manuals
Sony lists the operating instructions in April 1997. This is the document's publication date, not a production-start date.
- SONY.onl — 1997 Video8 brochure archive
Independent archive of Sony brochures. The photograph is catalogued as CCD-TRV24 and carries a 30× marking. Image provenance only; technical specifications above use Sony's original instructions.