Philips PC 60 (LDK 3) television camera head, with zoom lens (Taylor-Hobson Varotal XVI), c 1967. Zoom lens is 1991-5005/53/2.

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Category:
Television
Collection:
Thames Collection
Object Number:
1991-5005/53
Materials:
metal (unknown), glass and electronic components
type:
television camera head
credit:
Thames Television Collection

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Philips PC 60 (LDK 3) television camera head

Philips PC 60 (LDK 3) television camera head

Philips PC 60 (LDK 3) television camera head, c 1966. Cameras of this general type were used for the first official colour television broadcast in Europe, the BBC's coverage of the 1967 Wimbledon tennis championships.

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Philips' first colour television camera. The PC 60 was used by the BBC for the launch of colour television for coverage of Wimbledon on 1 July 1967.

The camera head houses the scanning yokes, scanning circuits and signal amplifiers for all 3 colours. The light is split into three colours through a prism. All of the other electronics are housed in the Camera Control Unit (CCU). It was one of the first television cameras designed to use a zoom lens.

Philips developed the PC 60 in 1964 and provided prototypes for CBS in the United States. It was used by the BBC to broadcast coverage of the 1966 election in colour to the USA before the launch of the British colour television service. In the UK it was also marketed under the Pye and Peto-Scott brands.

Measurements:
overall: 530 mm x 380 mm x 1000 mm, 66.5kg
Materials:
metal (unknown) , glass and electronic components
Object Number:
1991-5005/53/1
type:
television camera head

Taylor-Hobson Varotal XVI zoom lens

Taylor-Hobson Varotal XVI zoom lens, c 1967 for Philips PC 60 television camera.

Materials:
metal (unknown) and glass
Object Number:
1991-5005/53/2
type:
telephoto lens
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The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London