Philips LDK 5 Triax camera, 22 new pictures.
uploaded Sept 2015 -- updated Dec. 2015
Welcome to the virtual Museum of the Broadcast Television Camera
The objective of this site is to record and document
the history, technology and development of broadcast television cameras.
The images and data within are drawn from the cameras in my collection
and the collections of other supporters of the museum. It is hoped
that this site will become a valuable reference source.
The museum is a long way from finished and
I will be adding new cameras and information as and when I can, I intend
to work on European and American
television cameras first. There
are many pages that are incomplete with gaps and omissions.
Like most museums, were their collections are mostly "in storage",
my collection which supports the museum is entirely
"in storage" and
the museum is a virtual one that exists in cyber space. However this
does have advantages:-
It
means that I am, or will be, able to display everything.
Admission
is Free!
The
Museum is open 24/7
The
collection is preserved in good condition for the future
New additions :-
Marconi V327 High reliability CCTV Camera.
The Philips - Norelco PC80 Colour Camera.
A re-work of the existing page with new photographs and a photogallery section.
The EMI BC.601A CCTV camera.
Not strictly a broadcast camera, but an interesting early example of reducing the size of the camera by the "local amplifier box" principle. Sometimes used as a caption camera.
The Pye (Philips) Graduate Educational monochrome camera.
The Ampex CC-452
Educational monochrome camera.
The RCA cameras type:-
TK11A Studio camera
TK31A Field camera
The Marconi family of studio colour cameras using Image Orthicon tubes :-
Experimental model based on MkII camera parts using 2 tubes.
Experimental model based the RCA TK-41 camera using 3 tubes.
BD848 studio colour camera, second version
B3200 studio colour camera, third version (pictured)
Recent additions :-
Early
RCA cameras added 1933, 1934, 1936, 1939,
1940
R
A I camera, more information is sought for this camera.
_RAI
portable monochrome camera c.1970
The
Philips LDK15 and LDK15L plus other improvements to the philips listing.
The EMI 206 and 207 solid state Image Orthicon cameras
The
Soviet (USSR) KT-116 colour studio camera
A
very early Pye type 842018 closed circuit TV camera c. 1952 - 1956
A
major update of the EMI Emitron camera range 1934 to 1938. New and improved
pictures. Index
list
The
1948 Olympic television cameras page
is here!
There is a lot of information and pictures on this site and over the
years the style of the pages has evolved. I have not re-created
the older
pages as I feel that my time is better spent adding new camera information.
Content over style!
Outline of site navigation :-
Thanks and acknowledgements to all who have helped in the creation of this site
The camera at the top left is a
Pye Mk4 and top right a Norelco
PC60
The monitor is a Pye grade 1 type 2780 405 line from the mid 1950s
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