80's tube ENG cams fun

[Dave A]

Thanks for all the international contributions to this thread. I keep learning. And I did mistake my BVV-1 for a PVV-1. Corrected on my first thread.

That still keeps it as a record only with a bit of help as you record. It does have warning indicator lamps on the side of the deck for RF/servo/humid/slack/tape end/battery. You would get a red lamp in the VF if something went wrong. RF was the best warning which said you had a head clog. And you could rewind the tape to wherever but why? If it went slack then; power down/remove battery/install battery/power up.

I used mine yesterday out in the snowy backyard on a NOS tape. I did the auto registration and all was good. White balance was a bit to the red side. If anyone has a manual in any version I could use it to tune up the auto white. I remember that you had to hold the switch in the auto white position but forget which of the multiple white controls to tune up.

I also hooked it to a NOS Sony DNV-5 SX type recorder as it has the same 50 pin connector connection. No joy as I expected. It powered but no video probably looking for component or better. I wonder what the top Beta docking deck could be used on the BVP-30.

The DVV-5 is available for trade for something interesting in the same tube era.

And somewhere around here is a Sony VA-5 composite adaptor that would fit on the front of the BVV deck to allow composite video to be sent to the deck as a stand-alone Beta record deck with a separate power supply still with no replay.

There may have been a camera adaptor to allow the BVP-30 to connect to a CCU via a 50 pin connector.

Dauberich...I remember the Saticon version being the BVP-300. Correct me if my memory is failing.

Chip...I do have a PVW-2800 near-mint SP deck and all is well here for playback. Stop by anytime and bring me an Ikegami HL-77...my first cam at WCEE. I remember the cards came out the back end and having to install shims to keep them in place.

[dauberich]

Oh, I think there many great Saticon Cameras from Sony, some closer to broadcast others tended more to the professional segment:

The strangest I think was the BVP-150 as I don't understand what i was meant for. Maybe it was the BVP-30 as a non dockable version:
That's what she looks like: https://www.engcameracollection.com/...ny-bvp-30p-2-2

And this is the DCX 6000, that was Saticon only but looked like a BVP-300 or a BVP-330: https://www.engcameracollection.com/sony-dxc-6000p

And of course the BVP-3, that was a BVP-30 with Saticons instead of Plumbicons: https://www.engcameracollection.com/blank-xvhlu

Both the 6000 and the BVP-3 have great colour for a saticon camera.
Less lagging and better skintones than JVCs or Panasonics.

The BVP-300 I think was the predecessor of the 330. No autocentering and maybe some other not yet features. The body looks very much like the 6000s one. But I'm sure it was plumbicon..