What kind of TV camera is this?

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

The ebay auction for this photo
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1960s-Drink-.../301862080756?

dates it as 1960s, but the camera looks more ancient. The Coca Cola site says 26 oz. bottles were introduced in 1955:
http://www.coca-colacompany.com/stor...ontour-bottle/


Can anyone identify the camera? Image orthicon or perhaps vidicon? Make?

WALB's web site only has a photo of a much later "old" color camera that was donated to the Smithsonian.

Could be a GE and probably B/W.
A lot of stations in smaller markets didn't have the capitol to invest in color equipment, until years later.

[jr_tech]

This article about Sarks Tarzian shows several fairly similar cameras used at low-budget stations. These are vidicon & plumbican devices...close but no cigar.

http://www.smecc.org/sarkes_tarzian.htm

jr

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

This article about Sarks Tarzian shows several fairly similar cameras used at low-budget stations. These are vidicon & plumbican devices...close but no cigar.

http://www.smecc.org/sarkes_tarzian.htm

jr

I never realized Sarkes Tarzian was into studio equipment. I even have one of their FM radios.
I knew about their involvement in semi-conductors. The seemed to make the best, longest lasting selenium rectifiers.
I thought the firm was named after two persons, like Blonder-Tongue.