Ikegami’s First Full Size Color Studio Cameras…The TK301

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

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