Best British Colour Camera ?

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Originally Posted by BrianSummers

...[1984] The ill fated link 130 had great potential but the company (Link) collapsed just as the camera was nearing completion. www.tvcameramuseum.org

Thanks for your valued insights.

Surveying the LINK products at TVcameraMuseum, one sees mechanical sophistication and good performance reports.

The business environment for broadcast manufacturers was always horrific - but especially in the mid '80s as the only broadcast mass market, the USA, was emerging from a devastating double-dip recession. Link wasn't the only one to fold, as 20th century giant, RCA, also crashed. Enter Japan Inc: cross-subsidizing from vigorous consumer product profits and dumping b'cast product on USA to carve out market share. Also capitalizing on emerging CCD technology [RCA's nemesis].