Tv cameras with tubes - last used, last produced

[Adlershof]

Originally Posted by BrianSummers

It's quite a hard question to answer. a contender might be the Bosch KCH1000 camera introduced in 1986.

And, perhaps more relevant and made in greater quantities (purchased at least by Sender Freies Berlin and a production company called VTTV; I think Hessischer Rundfunk and Süddeutscher Rundfunk also took some to replace their ageing KCU 40), their real world companions KCM 125 and KCM 318. It could be that some of them have already been delivered under the BTS brand, too.

It could also be worth to take a closer look at the Japanese manufacturers. I'm aware of an OBV with a set of Sony BVP-360 and its handheld companion that went into operation in 1986.

And when last used: At Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk at least one OBV with Bosch KCU 40 cameras remained in service until 1994 (or 1993/1995). About the same time horizon applies to the use of Soviet KT-132 by German production companies. Norddeutscher Rundfunk still used Philips LDK-6 on a significant political event in 1998.