RCA's First Experimental Color Television Cameras Shown here are the first two RCA color cameras…
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The First Thomson Camera?
The First Thomson Camera? Close but no cigar...this is the second Thomson camera. Sent to…
Cinema’s First Known Zoom Lens Shot…
https://youtu.be/JzUddMQczJU?t=36 In this clip, starting at 2:00, we see what is thought to be the…
Someone’s In The Kitchen With Lucy!
Someone's In The Kitchen With Lucy! Ethyl and Lucy rehearse for a scene in the…
A Real Oddity…The EMI 10678
A Real Oddity...The EMI 10678 From 1956, this camera used by the BBC is one…
Early Dumont Cameras
Early Dumont Cameras: Configuration 2 Unlike the RCA cameras, the Dumont Iconoscope cameras had electronic…
The Baughman Pedestal
The Baughman Pedestal This little mobile pedestal was a real work horse from the 1950s…
The 1936 RCA Iconoscope Camera (2 of 2)
The 1936 RCA Iconoscope Camera (2 of 2) These cameras opened from the rear and…
Zoomar 1
Zoomar 1 In early 1947 the Zoomar lenses became available with the Field Zoomar being…
Zoomar 2
Zoomar 2 After seeing the results of the use of the Field Zoomar on NBC's…
Zoomar 3
Zoomar 3 This image from the June 1949 issue of American Cinematographer, shows Zoomar lens…
Anyone Ever See A Lens Like This?
Anyone Ever See A Lens Like This? This is a first for me. I suspect…
Early Zoom Lenses
Early Zoom Lenses Day... The lens on the far camera in this 1958 photo is,…
Early Zoom Lens: Part 2
Early Zoom Lens: Part 2 I think this is the Angenieux 10x1 zoom. The lens…
Early Zoom Lens: Part 3
Early Zoom Lens: Part 3 This is the Watson 5x1 zoom made by Watson and…
The ‘Dance’
The 'Dance' In the days before video tape, wireless mics and zoom lenses, camera rehearsals…
Remember ABC’s White Cameras?
Remember ABC's White Cameras? ABC veteran cameraman Don 'Peaches' Langford is pictured here on one…
TV Lens Week…Post 5: Digi Super 100 Auto Focus
TV Lens Week...Post 5: Digi Super 100 Auto Focus Gordon Tubbs explains how auto focus…
TV Lens Week…Post 4: SD and HD Lens Comparison
TV Lens Week...Post 4: SD and HD Lens Comparison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MrC9Hgzdhw Larry Thorpe of Canon discusses…
Double Header: 40 Inch Lens and The Edison Effect
Double Header: 40 Inch Lens and The Edison Effect Last week this photo was posted…
TV Lens Week…Post 4: Modulated Transfer Function…
TV Lens Week...Post 4: Modulated Transfer Function...MTF Canon's Larry Thorpe explains MTF and why it…