<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The Marconi Mark VII is a four-tube color camera, and that model didn't appear until 1965.<div><br></div><div>The Mark V—a similar-looking 4.5" monochrome IO camera—also appeared in 1965.</div><div><br></div><div>The most obvious difference between them that one can easily see is the fan vent atop the Mark VII color unit, similar to the "chimney" on an RCA TK-60.</div><div><br></div><div>Unlike the Marconi Mark IV, neither of these later Marks had a handle on the front or top.</div><div><div><br></div><div>Check the Marconi cameras here on QuadList member Brian Summers' website:</div><div><a href="http://www.tvcameramuseum.org/marconi/marconithumb.htm">http://www.tvcameramuseum.org/marconi/marconithumb.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>CBS used Marconi MarkIV's for studio stuff which looked like this:</div><div><a href="http://www.tvcameramuseum.org/marconi/mk4/mk4_1.htm">http://www.tvcameramuseum.org/marconi/mk4/mk4_1.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>I wonder whether retired NYC CBS'er Harold Deppe, Sr. has any ideas about what truck might have been used for the DC Concert?</div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Nov 17, 2010, at 10:26 PM, Al Killion wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Very interesting show....Great performance; lousy audio.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> About halfway through the show, the group changes sides on the stage in the background you can see the floor camera repostioning. Camera can also be seen at the bottom of the frame. Looks like a Marconi Mark 7(?). Camera is fairly long and narrow and has a handle on the front top just like a Marconi.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Al Killion</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">My guess is TK-30. CBS and Sullivan did use the Marconi's so it may be that camera.<br><br>I bet Chuck could tell just by looking at the picture.<br><br>Best,<br>Park<br><br>C. Park Seward<br>Cell: 818-535-2747<br>Home: 541-476-6657<br>2" Quad and 1" "C" transfers<br>Visit us:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.videopark.com/">http://www.videopark.com</a><br><br><br><br><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Please trim posts to relevant info when replying!<br>Send QuadList list posts to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:<br><a href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com">http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com</a></div></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Ted Langdell</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Secretary</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0018ea" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 24, 234); "></font></div></div></div></span> </div><br></div></div></body></html>