Here is the one of two very rare lenses donated to the Pavek Museum…this one is a 27 element Zoomar long lens used at CBS Television City (the other lens is in the next post down on this page). Although Steve does not have the full history on these 2 great rarities, this one has the CBS markings. Congratulations Steve!
January 16, 1973…”Bonanza” & The Fake Mountain Come To An End First, the “Bonanza” part of the story: From September 12, 1959, until January 16, 1973 the men from The Ponderosa rode into our homes every week, but is wasn’t always a sooth ride. Initially the show aired opposite CBS blockbuster “Perry Mason” and the […]
TeleTales #90…The Real Beauty Of The RCA TK30 Notice the lighting in this 1948 photo from WDAF in Kansas City. When the TK30, the first Image Orthicon camera debuted in 1946, it brought with it several new advantages. One of which was the ability to shoot with 10X less light than the Iconoscope cameras. With […]
Below is a rare look at RCA/NBC’s first color remote unit, used for this color-cast. Although it was seen by 99.9% of the audience in black and white, it did at least prove the “compatible color” claim RCA made for its Dot Sequential color system. The year before, CBS had broadcast a football game in […]
The 1936 RCA Iconoscope Camera (2 of 2) These cameras opened from the rear and tilted forward for access to the tubes. On the left is the “studio version” which used a larger Iconoscope tube than the “field version” on the right, which usually had daylight to help light the scenes. Notice on the right, […]