BRAVO! A RESURRECTION! Congratulations to the CBC! A vintage, Vinten Heron Crane, which was introduced…
Category: Cameras
The Rank-Taylor-Hobson Zoom Lens
The Rank-Taylor-Hobson Zoom Lens By far, this was the most popular zoom for RCA TK41s…
Angenieux Evershed Lens This is the ‘box zoom’ lens
Angenieux Evershed Lens This is the 'box zoom' lens made by Angenieux but it was…
Classic CBS! Dennis ‘Paddy’ McBride…From Sullivan & Gleason To Sports
Classic CBS This is the late Dennis 'Paddy' McBride in command of a TK30. For…
CLASSIC NASA! This CBS PC60 is ready for lift off.
CLASSIC NASA! This CBS PC60 is ready for lift off. This is probably around 1967…
CBS Modified RCA Cameras Into Color Cameras
Side By Side On the left, the regular RCA TK30 monochrome camera, on the right,…
The Vinten Heron Crane: 1955
The Vinten Heron Crane: 1955 The Vinten Heron crane was developed for the BBC, which…
A Rare Color Photo of CBS Television City Studio 33
A Rare Color Photo of CBS Television City Studio 33 Perhaps the most famous of…
Museum Of Broadcast Technology: Camera Floor
This is a short but sweet video from the Museum Of Broadcast Technology near Boston.…
Museum Of Broadcast Technology: Tape Room 1
Museum Of Broadcast Technology: Tape Room 1 When I began to collect cameras in 2004,…
The RCA Kinescope Machine
The RCA Kinescope Machine September 13, 1947 -- Kodak and NBC develop 'kinescopes', which use…
The Original GE Color Prototype Camera, Dot Sequential
The Original GE Color Prototype Camera This looks a lot like the early RCA color…
GE, Second Prototype Color Test, Field Sequential
GE, Second Prototype Color Test The camera closest to us, with the operator standing, is…
RCA Orthicon Camera, WTOP Washington
RCA Orthicon Camera, WTOP Washington A couple of days ago, Val Ginter in NYC asked…
How Hot Is It? Pretty Hot!
How Hot Is It? Pretty Hot! It's not often that you see a TK11 opened…
Soupy Sales: 1964 WNEW
Soupy Sales: 1964 WNEW Even though WNEW was the old Dumont owned WABD, it's still…
WGN: Chicago Sports Pioneer
WGN: Chicago In 1960, between the Cubs and White Sox, WGN televised 120 baseball games…
Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention
Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention The Colonial Theater in NYC was literally ground zero…
RCA’s ‘Walkie Lookie’ Wireless Camera, 1952
Here's a shot from the 1952 Republican National Convention in Chicago showing the 3 lens…
NBC’s Mega Mobile Unit: 1952
NBC's Mega Mobile Unit: 1952 This is quite a step up from the unit in…
More Design Influence From John Vassos
More Design Influence From John Vassos Even here, on this early RCA Mobile Unit, his…