October 2006…My RCA TK41C Arrives From Los Angeles
Till yesterday, I never had a photo of Rosie at KTLA that I was sure was her…now I do. Rosie is a TK41C which has a different left side exhaust port than the RCA TK41As and Bs and was the only C model owned by KTLA. Thanks to Steve Dichter for sending this screen capture. With his help back in 2007, I was able to get the full history on Rosie and it’s quite interesting with all the details at this link.
https://eyesofageneration.com/camera-collection/rca-tk41c/
As you’ll see in the arrival pix, she did not have the NBC logo when she got to me, but in if you noticed in the Dean Martin photo spread from yesterday, not every NBC camera had a network logo. The snake logo that she wears now are the genuine article sent to me by my friend Jay Ballard, who spent many years at NBC taking care of cameras. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
Great article Bobby…
Bobby, do you have the CCU, power supply & cabling for this cam? Would be nice project to restore the electronics, and get it working again! 🙂
Nice Bobby. Did you get the CCU too?
At KTLA, I seem to remember it was the only 41 with that vent on the left rear side.
When I was a kid, my goal in life was to become a TV Cameraman or whatever the PC is these days. I used to literally draw pictures of them for my art assignments when I was in the 3rd grade! I wish I still had them to share.
Very nice Bobby! Quick question, what cameras were used here? Would it have been a RCA TK41C? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrK5u5W8afc
I loved and hated those cameras. First color camera I ever ran.
Nice I did a lot of shows with those baby’s