More Of The Eyes Of A Generation Collection…
On the left, an RCA TK42 and on the right, the last RCA monochrome studio camera, the TK60. Both have a 5 inch Image Orthicon inside. That I know of, there are only 15 TK42s left and only 3 TK43s, which is the same as the TK42, but with an external lens. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
NBC Studio 6E, The “News Nooks” & Weekend Nightly News Studio On the left is the entrance to NBC Studio 6E which has 4 small studios and control rooms. Others 6E studio photos will follow, but today we are looking at Media Room 1, which is where Lester Holt does the ‘NBC Nightly News, Weekend […]
Sullivan/Beatles Schedule, Shows 1, 2 and 3 I’ve had this for a few weeks, but until now, I could not vouch for it’s accuracy. The problem has always been the Saturday, February 8 rehearsal for camera blocking. I’ll go into detail in another of today’s posts on why I resisted believing in the Saturday rehearsal […]
June 24, 1963…NBC Studio 8H Goes Color NBC Studio 8H become “The Peacock Studio” on this day in ’63 when it began broadcasting in color. There is a lot of interesting detail in the NBC Press Release, but one thing they left out was…the four RCA TK41s installed in 8H actually came from The Ziegfeld […]
Remember ‘Mr. Peepers’? This photo was taken by Mike Mathews’ mother in 1952 while in the audience of the live show in NBC Studio 8H. After it’s first year, production moved to the Century Theater on Seventh Avenue. The series starred Wally Cox and was not scheduled to air in the fall of ’52, but […]
Sure hope you have a sturdy floor: there’s nothing light about any of that equipment!
I had always thought they were four and a half inches.
What is the size of your room Bobby? It must create a traffic problem in movements to show off just one camera for a photographer.
Amazing collection!
TK42 was the first color camera I worked with. I also ran a TK60 at the Dade County school board.
We had RCA TK42’s at my last assignment in the USAF (Tinker AFB, AeroSpace Audio-VIsual Services). They fed three huge RCA 2-inch quadriplex recording/editing machines. There was no need to heat the building during the winter!