[QuadList] OT-- What is this rca camera it is NOT a tk 76--It's a Panason...

[C. Park Seward]

I just wonder why the cameraman made you stand in that hole??? :-)

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On Mar 19, 2012, at 12:46 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:

> That's essentially the story!  
> 
> Along with feeding several other California stations, Terry Toller and I had been doing some State Capitol reporting for what was then Koplar Communications' KRBK-TV, 31, Sacramento's "Prime News."
> 
> Terry was on assignment for 31 and testing the camera on Dec. 2, 1984 during the second California International Marathon, which finishes at the State Capitol.
> 
> While riding my bike downtown, I happened by where he was shooting , and did a quick standup. (Note the biking gloves.)  Terry's girlfriend at the time took the picture.  Don't remember her name.
> 
> Had I continued biking everywhere, you'd see someone who'd take up fewer bits in a digital archive or transmission!
> 
> Noting progress, today's imaging, editing and transmission methods would allow a reporter to use a bike as a vehicle in congested areas.  "BikePak?"
> 
> Ed, Did you acquire the TK-710 package that was listed last month on ebay out of Phoenix?
> 
> Ted
> 
> On Mar 19, 2012, at 11:06 AM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
> 
>> Ted!!!!  This is wonderful!   can  you  write up a little  story to  go along  with it ??  we will include in the section on it.
>>  
>> Ed Sharpe archivist for smecc
>>  
>> In a message dated 3/19/2012 1:50:12 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ted at quadvideotapegroup.com writes:
>> 
>> 
>> Finally got the scanner working... and here are the two items I mentioned in my previous post.
>> 
>> On Feb 22, 2012, at 11:19 AM, Ted Langdell wrote:
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>>> Catching up on drafts from several weeks ago...
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>>> 
>> 
>>> This is an RCA TK-710, vendored from Panasonic, if I recall my history from 1984.
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>>> 
>> 
>>> To confirm, I've been looking for a picture of the Panasonic AK-710, which an RCA tube guide indicates used the same tubes.
>> 
>> 
>> See red boxes around the cameras/tubes in this camera cross-reference chart from 1982:
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>> <L8xiC.jpeg>
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>> I'll post the full four-page document to the website when I get that software running or replaced.
>> 
>> Meantime... the photo:
>>> A freelancer in Sacramento was testing the TK-710 while deciding whether to buy one.  
>> 
>> <M6hzj.jpeg>
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>>> It was shot during the 1984 California International Marathon at the Capitol in Sacramento, CA.  Cameraman Terry Toller with the TK-710 on the left and me (in thinner days) on the right doing a standup is what you'd see if I'd have been able to scan it.
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>>> 
>>> On Feb 10, 2012, at 4:48 PM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
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>>>>  
>> 
>> Ted
>> 
>> Ted Langdell
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> Ted
> 
> Ted Langdell
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