My RCA TK-41 arrived today!

[dtuomi]

Originally Posted by julianburke

I did not get the CCU. If I don't find one, I will work on building a solid state CCU for this camera. Cameras like these were often "handed down" and traveled to sister stations. There is also a possibility this one came out of Washington DC and ended up in New York or maybe vice versa. I will do what I can to investigate this. Regardless, they were all special and expensive so it could have had a very "colorful" history!

I've often wondered about doing this myself. These cameras are, at heart, very simple, and it shouldn't be impossible if you know what you're doing. Of course with a TK-41 there is 3 of everything for each of then color channels. I might recommend trying to build a prototype CCU for a TK-31 first though, just to judge the feasibility and how well the cameras take to being driven by such a device. By doing it with a B&W camera you should work out valuable experience without having to bash your head against the extra complexity of a color camera. Anyway, if you do achieve that, I'll want to visit. I've always been curious about hybridizing the technology since there are far more camera heads out there than CCU equipment.

David