The VC-10 is a high-end version of the popular Color Video Camera VC-100, which was marketed as of 1981. Released with a view to giving a boost to Canon’s video camera business strategy, it represents a video system that responds to the needs of a wide variety of users ranging from beginners to camera buffs for both filming and recording.

Boasting excellent hold, this shoulder-held color video camera features auto-focus, power zoom, touch-of-a-button auto-white adjustment, auto-iris exposure control, plus an improved video control function that enables basic operation of the video recorder from the camcorder. Small and light, this recorder can be easily operated by just about anyone.

This high-end model features a high-performance 6x zoom lens with auto-focus mechanism developed by Canon, as well as microcomputer-enabled date, title, and stopwatch display options handy for video albums, plus an inverting function for negative and positive images. In addition to all this, the operating conditions of the camera, including image display, light deficiency display, white balance display, and fade display, can all be checked right at the viewfinder.

The user can choose from a total of three different power supplies, depending on objective. In addition to a lead battery that enables both fast re-charging and continuous filming over a long period of time, it can also be used with an AC adapter, or with a car battery.

It can also be part of a complete video system for both filming and recording when used together with the separately sold Portable Video Recorder VR-10 VHS standard video recorder, which utilizes 1/2-inch tapes, and the Tuner Timer Unit VT-10, which can record another television program on a different channel.