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<DIV>it is the photo that was cropped and appeared in
that page I posted on color tv.</DIV>
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<DIV>who would have thought someone would have the
actual photo that appeared it that handy that quick!</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/3/2014 9:58:22 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
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<DIV>Bob, what is the source of your photo, if I may ask. Thanks much
for posting it.</DIV>
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<DIV>On May 3, 2014, at 10:59 AM, <A title=mailto:mike@bolandcom.com href="mailto:mike@bolandcom.com">mike@bolandcom.com</A> wrote:</DIV>
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<P>Does look like a proto. </P></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>Indeed, as Dennis noted. Note that the chrome lettering on the side says
"Television" not (yet) "Color Television"</DIV>
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<P>This camera is much wider and longer than a TK-41, but with vent
intake holes, tally lamps alongside the turret, and the profile of the
tube VF of the '41 (but lacking vent louvers?). Like the early '41s,
the cam shown is using three monochrome cam cables (were they 28 or 30
pins?), not the 81 pin connector, that cameras (at least at NBC, as an
in-house conversion?) later used.</P>
<P>But fitted with a 3:1 zoom, of all things! (Varitrol? -anyone
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<DIV>That would be the lens with what appears to be a motor on the front and a
cable dangling from it?</DIV>
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<DIV>Looking at Bob's picture, it's much easier to see things.</DIV>
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<DIV>I think they've done as I suspected: Bolted a bigger plate to the
standard head, and then run bolts up through the four corners of the plate to
lock the camera down. Counterbalancing would seem to be an interesting
challenge unless they figured out where the camera's center of gravity was
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<P>I hope, like Ted observed, that there were springs in the
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<DIV>There are: Close up, you see the springs right in the center, and the
standard friction tilt lock handle on the camera's right side (as viewed from
the operator's perspective. Also the RCA serial plate up and to the
right of the handle. </DIV>
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<DIV>One has to wonder how easy (or not) locking the tilt from the back of the
camera. Did one ask for assistance?</DIV>
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<P>Elsewise, tilt very fwd or back and the cam and cameraman would be
doing a summersault off the top of that scaffold !! </P>
<P>(I think I read that the TK-40 itself was really a proto, with perhaps
only as few as three serial numbers produced)</P>
<P>(RCA MI-12345? We used to think that stood for Missing
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<DIV>I believe it stood for "Master Inventory." Can't remember whether I read
that in an RCA publication or catalog, heard it from an RCA employee or read
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<P>Thanks!</P>
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