Ikegami’s First Full Size Color Studio Cameras…The TK301
This Australian studio tour gives us a very rare look at the first Ikegami color studio camera. These are the TK301 A models which came a year or so after the 301s were first deployed by Japan’s NHK Network to cover the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Although this station has some of the first ENG cameras in Australia, which you’ll see near the end, these Ikegami 301 A studio cameras were not new when this was shot in and probably came out in early 1974.
By February of 1975, Ikegami’s TK355 was on the market (see add in Comment section below) with a new one inch Plumbicon tube. The 301s and 355s were the only two “TK” models Ikegami ever had and the designations changed to the “HK” for studio cameras and “HL” for ENG cameras around 1976. HK was for Handy Kamera and HL for Handy Lookie.
There is more interesting gear that a lot of you worked with here so enjoy this and share! – Bobby Ellerbee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvSbNm9vJW0
DDQ 10 Studio Tour Tape for 1982
This is the Ikegami TK301, predecessor to the 301A.
This is the introductory ad for the Ikegami TK355 from February 1975
The ENG gear appears to be Sony….and early U-Matic deck….
Haven’t seen many high-heeled, female camera ops 🙂
ahh, who can’t forget the high pitched whine of 2″ VTRs. I ‘cut my teeth” repairing AMPEX VP-1200, 2000 and RCA TR-600 VTRs. Keeping my thumb fingernail longer than the others to clean the TR-600 head clogs.
Were those switchers Richmond Hills? =:)
It also shows our age and how much we had to adapt over so many years….. back bone structure is still there but everything else has changed many times over…. film and even tape is almost completely gone…. editing is closer to word processing then a cutting block and time and duration are no more the limiting factor. Technical Quality and price are not even directly related anymore…. We are living crazy times and it all happened in our live time… AMAZING!