Ellerbee Camera Collection Video Tour
For those of you that have never seen this, here it is again. I shot this a couple of years back with a small 35mm photo camera and it shows all of the 16 cameras I have on display here in my home. At the time, I had about 25 cameras, now, with the addition of the 70+ ENG cameras, there are about 100 cameras in the collection. Enjoy![fb_vid id=”10200462127141865″]
A Rarity…The Ampex/ABC Hand Held Cameras This was developed by Ampex for ABC Sports with ABC paying the developmental costs. There were two versions, but I think both looked just alike. One version had the BC100 color camera teamed with the VR 3000 videotape recorder in the backpack and the other backpack had a transmitter […]
Philo Farnsworth, Box Camera, Model 1 This is the great granddaddy of all electronic television cameras! This is thought to be the first one Philo built and the date would be around 1926. I think the Smithsonian has this but I’m not sure. Anyone know? Source
Camera Rarities 1, Of 3…First NBC Tests Of The RCA TK30? Thanks to Tom Buckley, here is a very rare photo, that I think was taken in the two week period between June 5 and June 18, 1946. On June 19, 1946, NBC’s broadcast of the Joe Lewis-Billy Conn rematch at Yankee Stadium, was the […]
One Of My Favorite Cameras This is the Marconi Mark IV. It’s standard tube was the 4.5″ Image Orthicon and this could have been the first camera to make use of the 4.5″ IO as the 1958 RCA TK14 used the 3″ and it was not till 1960 that the TK12 aka TK60 debuted with […]
Wow! I didn’t know that Howdy Doody was a studio/field utility engineer? Buffalo Bob Smith must have “pulled some strings” to get Howdy his NABET card. 😉
Thank you for sharing
Wonderful.
Howdy Doody was the first program I ever saw in color in 1955 when my dad worked with a TV repair business as an installer.
Hi Bobby…you have a marvelous TV camera collection..their BIO is very interesting…if only they could talk, just think..but they don’t have to, YOU did a great job speaking for them. Thank You.
WHAT an AMAZING TOUR ! .. Fantastic .. Thanks so much ! This was a great glimpse into the past of the History of TV (Local and Large) ! .. just awe inspiring !
Wish I could find you a Dumont.
Great video and wonderful collection meticulously cared for ! Would be great to have silent video next to the cameras showing footage of what they shot over the years. If not, perhaps photos ? It would bring them to life for the observer.Possible ?
Great tour, Bobby!
Fantastic! Thanks for the tour. It brings back a lot of fond memories.
Very impressive. Thank you for sharing!
Wow‼️that’s quite a collection thank you for sharing
Cool! Thanks for sharing!!!! 🙂
Wonderful.
Very interesting!! Great collection!