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Originally Posted by dieseljeep
Wasn't the Dumont Electronicam a similar process?
That was used on the Honeymooner's and the picture quality was a little lacking.
The Desilou studios productions like The Untouchables seemed to be good quality.
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Electronicam was different in that the camera head used a splitter to direct half the light to a traditional film camera (I believe an Arriflex was adapted for this purpose) and the other half to an electronic television camera.
For the Twilight Zone, the episodes were shot with a video camera, the tape was used for network broadcast originally, but then kinescopes were made from the tape for syndication. The experiment was a dismal failure, and was only used for a handful of episodes total.