One Of A Kind Photo

One Of A Kind Photo

This is the full complement of equipment associated with the RCA “Walkie Lookie” Vidicon camera. This photo from the 1956 NAB Convention, shows the wireless version with the backpack transmitter on the table. This camera and a few others like this were used by NBC for the ’52 political conventions, but those did not have the wireless capability like the 1956 version. These units were able to operate almost a mile from their base station.

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10 Comments

  1. Frank Berry November 18, 2013

    You’re correct, Jodie. My mistake.

  2. Daniel G. Kuttner November 18, 2013

    It just hit me how small the venue looks for the ’52 NAB convention.

    It’s smaller now than I first saw it in the 90s, but that pic sure wasn’t at the LV Convention center.

    Come to think of it, the Conv. Ctr. probably didn’t exist back then.

  3. Michael Sime November 17, 2013

    would you believe what’s old is new again? a Arri Alexa with the break-out head feeding back to a backpack carrying the brain, batts & a boxx HD transmitter….

  4. Robert Beyer November 15, 2013

    I think I stopped at this booth at CCW in NY yesterday. In this case, 4K refers to its weight and not resolution.

  5. Frank Berry November 14, 2013

    I remember the SNL ‘Russian Mini-Cam’ bit. The camera was the size of a small fridge.

  6. Lisa J. Kassner November 14, 2013

    A lot of gear to keep running…

  7. Nick Franga November 14, 2013

    The radar receiving dish made me laugh. That’s one of the most stereotypical looking radar dishes I’ve seen

  8. David Fell November 14, 2013

    Makes me think of Al Franken back when he was funny.

  9. Roger Garceau November 14, 2013

    and now the wristwatch cam…

  10. Jarbas Jam Mesquita November 14, 2013

    Fantastic!