Canon iON
European branding for the RC-250 / RC-251 family.
Camera family
The Canon RC-250 / RC-251
A compact consumer still-video camera family sold under different names in different markets, including Canon iON in Europe and XAP SHOT in the United States.
RC-251
PAL-oriented version of the still-video camera platform.
Side-by-side
Two RC-250 / RC-251 units shown together for comparison.
XAP SHOT
United States branding for the same product family.
Regional naming and positioning
The RC-250 / RC-251 sat at the consumer end of the Still Video market, making electronic photography more accessible before consumer digital cameras became practical.
- Canon iON branding in Europe.
- Canon XAP SHOT branding in the U.S.
- Related to the broader Q-PIC still-video family.
Explore the technical context
The camera family makes most sense when seen together with the disk format and the analog processing path behind it.