TV Lens Week…Post 4: Modulated Transfer Function…MTF
Canon’s Larry Thorpe explains MTF and why it is important.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R73lgtHEIr0
Larry Thorpe of Canon discusses MTF. http://www.hdcameraguide.com
CinemaScope If Cinerama was the star that guided the film industry into wide screen presentations, CinemaScope was the rudder that steered the course. If you look closely at the photo below, you can see the essence of CinemaScope. See the long oval in the camera lens? That is the CinemaScope anamorphic lens used to photograph […]
The RCA TK42, Au Natural… This photo is in regard to two post just below and show the TK42 in it’s factory configuration. Notice there is nothing sticking out of the front…that’s because the lens is internal, much like the RCA Iconoscope cameras. The TK42 had an internal zoom lens, but the Iconoscope internal lens […]
Double Header: 40 Inch Lens and The Edison Effect Last week this photo was posted by Pierre Seguin and comes from a 1947 edition of Popular Mechanics. It shows a 1945 RCA Orthicon camera with a 40 inch lens, described as the longest ever used at the time. It also mentions that television works only […]
Up Close And Personal Here is a good look at the Chapman Hi-Lo sideline camera rig. It was built a couple of years back for ESPN but saw duty at this year’s Super Bowl. The weights under the lenses are counterbalances for the cameraman’s weight. The top platform can swivel 360 degrees and the bottom […]