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EMI 203 Television Camera Head

EMI 203 Television Camera Head

Philips Colour Television Camera Head

Philips Colour Television Camera Head

Marconi Mk IV Television Camera Head

Marconi Mk IV Television Camera Head

1950-1970
Marconi Mk VI Television Camera Head

Marconi Mk VI Television Camera Head

1960s
Philips Colour Television Camera Head

Philips Colour Television Camera Head

Television Camera Head, Portable Version

Television Camera Head, Portable Version

Television Camera Headset

Television Camera Headset

Marconi Vision Mixer Control for Television Camera

Marconi Vision Mixer Control for Television Camera

EMI 2001 Colour Television Camera Head

EMI 2001 Colour 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.

Philips PC 60 (LDK 3) television camera head

1966
Philips PC 60 (LDK 3) television camera head, with zoom lens (Taylor-Hobson Varotal XVI), c 1967.

Philips PC 60 (LDK 3) television camera head

1962-1972
EMI 2001 Camera Head made by EMI Electronics Ltd about 1970. This is a four-tube camera head is the part that is visible on the studio floor when you were in the studio audience. It requires the Camera Control Unit and Power supply, connected via G101 camera cable, to make it work. The lens is fitted within the camera body so making it operationally short. This example has 'BBC TV Colour' on the side.

EMI 2001 Camera Head made by EMI Electronics Ltd about 1970

1966-1972
BTS KCH 1000 High Definition television camera head, 1991-92. Manufactured by Broadcast Television Systems Inc. GmbH, a joint company of Bosch and Philips. Both companies manufactured HDTV OB Vans and facilities to provide editing and master control capabilities to provide the broadcast infrastructure for the Winter Olympics 1992 in Albertville, France and the Summer Olympics 1992 in Barcelona, Spain.

BTS KCH 1000 High Definition Television Camera Head

1991-92
EMI Emitron Camea Head, manufactured by EMI Electronics Limited, 1936.

EMI Emitron Camera Head

1936
Control handle for operating Emitron tevision camera.

Camera Tripod For Emitron Television Camera

circa 1935
Marconi B3200 'Coffin' colour television camera with Taylor-Hobson lens, 1965-66. This is the third and last version of Marconi's Image Orthicon colour cameras. The three Image Orthicon signal generating tubes used are of the 3" diameter type, handling red, green and blue. Earlier versions of the camera are designated model BD848. A really big camera, it is known to have earned the nickname 'The Coffin Camera' with TV studio staff. By the late 1960s these cameras were being replaced by smaller cameras using the new, more compact, Philips Plumbicon signal-generating tubes in place of the Image Orthicons.

Marconi B3200 'Coffin' colour television camera with Taylor-Hobson lens

1965-66
The Marconi Company Ltd Mk III television camera head

Marconi Mk III Television Camera Head

Cut-away demonstration of an Emitron television camera. Camera head body has been replaced with clear Perspex to show inner workings. This special Emitron camera has no BBC markings, instead sporting a large EMI logo. Manufacturers plate on rear of camera inscribed 'Marconim- EMI Television Co Ltd / HEAD AMPLIFIER / Serial No 134638'.

Emitron Television Camera

circa 1935
BTS Camera head complete (duplicate)

Television camera head

Television camera head? Camera type BD687

Television Camera Head