'49 DuMont Telecruiser gets resurrected

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by Aussie Bloke

... has it been refitted with a moderner vidicon camera or CCD camera as I see this been done a lot with old cameras?

I was not aware of this being done - could you point us to some examples?

[Aussie Bloke]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

I was not aware of this being done - could you point us to some examples?

Examples:

History For Hire I believe have refitted their old camera props with modern cameras to make them look to be operational, check out Outkast's music video "Hey Ya" which a RCA TK-41 and RCA TK-60 appears in this clip in working condition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw

Aussie camera collector James Paterson (austvarchive) has cosmetically restored one of his PYE MKIII cameras in which he refitted the camera head with a Sony vidicon camera to make it a functional prop:
http://www.oldtvgear.com/pye-restoration-page-5.html

And I recall seeing either a thread in Videokarma or on some other website (can't remember for the life of me), someone who owned I think a RCA TK-11 had refitted it with a modern colour CCD camera due to the fact the camera's original electronics got destroyed in a flood.