What is the camera used by the scientists at the beginning of Titanic?

Question

In the film Titanic [1997], the scientists (and mostly Bill Paxton's character) use a white camera as seen in these screenshots:

It looks like one of the Canon camcorders but it's not obvious what the brand and model are.

Answer 1

For what it's worth, that's a Canon L1 Hi-8 camcorder. The L2 was very similar in overall shape, but had a significantly different button layout.