In case you have never seen it, here is the very first sketch of the RCA TK42 camera, the successor to RCA’s TK41 line. This is a scan of the master drawing that I have. It was given to me by RCA’s Harry Wright who designed this, the TK44 and most of RCA’s Telecine equipment. At the link below is the full archive I have from harry with more, first ever sketches.
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45 Years Ago Today…Apollo 11 Heads For The Moon: Day 2 Here is the second of eight daily articles written for Eyes Of A Generation by Jodie Peeler on this historic event. Enjoy and share! _____________________________________________________ On July 17, 1969 Apollo 11 was coasting toward its historic rendezvous with the Moon. With all the efforts […]
Exclusive: ESPN’s “Fly Cam” At BCS Championship Game If any one wondered how the fantastic flying shots that took us from outside the Rose Bowl to inside in one move were done, here’s your answer. Thanks to our friend Chuck Pharis, who was doing video at the game, these are photos of the Fly Cam […]
Producing Today’s Kentucky Derby…A Mega Job For NBC With 300 crew members, 54 cameras, 15 announcers, and half a dozen mobile units, this is a big day for NBC Sports. Here’s the story, and when race time comes, and you have your mint julep, you can toast the many making the effort to bring it […]
Follow Up…The CBS Mini Camera Strikes Again Here’s Walter Cronkite in a great 1957 publicity photo related to the upcoming inauguration of President Eisenhower. CBS would be deploying several of it’s new Intercontinental Electronics mini cameras at the event. As we saw yesterday, CBS first used these cameras for floor interviews at the 1956 political […]