RARE VIDEO! RCA TKP 45 Color Portable Camera Introduction
Our thanks to James Murphy Tinsley for finding this great RCA clip from 1974. Not only do we see the intro of their new portable color production camera, but near the end, we see a prototype of the famous RCA TK76 ENG camera. It looks nothing like the finished product.
In today’s next post, we’ll get into the history of portable color.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNHGE5kDfL4
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Was the keeper of 4 of them at one place I worked with the CCU and not the back packs. Made lots of modifications
Nice! Thanks for sharing!
Nice!
Any idea where this was shot? Great piece!
Love this promo. The TK-76 seen here is certainly not the one I used in the early 1980s. To this day, I feel the TK-76 produced the best looking video until the advent of DTV. But it was not ENG friendly, especially when connected to an Ampex “portable” 2″ recorder.
Awesome!!!
Thank you Andy Rose, I can’t believe I didn’t realize it was James “The Amazing Randi” on this promo!
I used this camera many times. It was like having a studio camera on your shoulder but the belt pack on your back kept the cable out of the way and kept you from tipping over forward. 😉
Mines bigger- RCA TK-41 4.5″ Image Orthicon tube