The CC6151 is RCA's late-90s VHS-C palmcorder, from a 1998 manual it shares with the CC6251 and CC6271. They're the same camera with different viewfinders, and the CC6151 is the one with the black-and-white eyepiece. None of them has a flip-out screen. What it does have is reach. The 22x zoom runs from 3.8 to 83.6 mm, and there's a flying erase head for clean joins between scenes, an automatic head cleaner, time-lapse and animation modes and a Quick Record mode. It takes VHS-C cassettes, which drop into an adapter to play on a home VCR. The RCA name belonged to Thomson by then, and Thomson's name is on the manual.
Tape check
Should come with it
Check the listing photos against this list, and ask the seller about anything you can’t see. A missing piece should come off the price.
No model-specific faults are documented. Its nickel-cadmium packs are decades old, and a camera that only powers on hasn't proved its tape transport works.
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Buying guide
Every CC6151 here is untested or makes no test claim, so we'd buy the $47 delivered kit with a case, a charger, a battery, tapes and the manual in the photo, and ask the seller to play a tape before paying. There are at least 20 for sale, and bare cameras titled untested ask $22 to $40 delivered, around the $25 to $50 band. Its viewfinder is black and white and there's no flip-out screen, so ask for a photo through the eyepiece and a short video of a tape playing on a TV. It runs on 6-volt FB1260 or BB700 nickel-cadmium packs, so treat any original pack as dead, and you'll need a VHS-C adapter cassette to play tapes in a home VCR. Skip the $97 untested kit, about 2.7 times the median.
$23.17est. delivered
Titled untested at $23 delivered, and the photo shows a car power cord and manuals with it. Nothing on this page is titled working, so this is the cheap way to gamble on one.
RCA AutoShot VHS-C Camcorder 22x Zoom Model CC6151 w/ Cables Untested
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For parts$23.17est. delivered
$14.94 + $8.23 shipping
Buy It Now$14.94
Project piece
Titled untested, with cables. Car power cord and manuals in the photo.
Seller: tcg_jake
99.6% positive
For parts$21.98est. delivered
$14.99 + $6.99 shipping
Buy It Now$14.99
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Our take
Titled untested, as is. Camera alone in the photo.
Seller: lucky_lots
99.7% positive
Used$24.77est. delivered
$14.99 + $9.78 shipping
Buy It Now$14.99
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Our take
Camera alone in the photo. No test claim, battery or charger.
Seller: forgotten_jems
100% positive
For parts$36.99est. delivered
$24.99 + $12.00 shipping
Buy It Now$24.99
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Our take
Titled untested, no charger. Cables and strap in the photo.
Seller: akerbo12
99.8% positive
For parts$39.84est. delivered
$24.99 + $14.85 shipping
Buy It Now$24.99
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Our take
Titled untested. Camera alone in the photo.
Seller: droach1980
98.8% positive
Used$46.64est. delivered
$23.00 + $23.64 shipping
Buy It Now$23.00
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Our take
Case, charger, battery, tapes and manual in the photo. No test claim. The title says Video8; the CC6151 is VHS-C.
Seller: jacks10146
100% positive
Used$71.75est. delivered
$65.00 + $6.75 shipping
Buy It Now$65.00
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Our take
Shown with its original box. No test claim, at about twice the median.
Seller: themartinmerchants
99.5% positive
For parts$96.84est. delivered
$89.99 + $6.85 shipping
Buy It Now$89.99
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Priced high
Titled untested, with a case, manual and charger. About 2.7 times the median.
Seller: goodlilhunting
99.8% positive
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