[QuadList] Four Coffin Camera Photos

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WOW!   these are  great Bob!
 
thanks  for posting them!
Ed Sharpe archivist  for SMECC
 
 
In a message dated 5/4/2014 7:38:11 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
mrdcmemories at gmail.com writes:




Ted and all,

Someone must have been cleaning out  their old files as these four photos 
appeared on eBay last December. My bid  was too low, so I do not own them.

Here are direct links to each  photo:

http://s93943464.onlinehome.us/RCA_Cameras_Scene1.JPG  
(http://s93943464.onlinehome.us/RCA_Cameras_Scene1.JPG) 
http://s93943464.onlinehome.us/RCA_Cameras_Scene2.JPG  
http://s93943464.onlinehome.us/RCA_Cameras_Scene3.JPG  
http://s93943464.onlinehome.us/RCA_Cameras_Scene4.JPG  

NBC  alumnus Bobby Ellerbee commented at that time: "Interesting that the 
writing  on the top says these were in NBC 3K (their test studio) as most of 
us had  thought these cameras were in testing at the Colonial Theater 
facility. These  are indeed the prototype TK40 cameras and were referred to as 
'the coffin  cameras' as they were big enough to bury someone in. This now 
confirms that  there were 3 cameras as the photo I never saw has a camera number 
3 on it and  another says 2. It is possible that camera 1 was kept in the 
mobile unit for  testing outside the studio. The outside shot is from a 
Palisades Park, single  camera remote in '51 or '52. The camera with that umber 
grey paint got so hot  (from use and the sun) that the NBC crew painted it 
silver when they got back  to the shop...that's why the production models were 
 silver."

That's all I know.

Enjoy!

Bob  Bell

On 5/4/2014 12:23 AM, _quadlist-request at quadvideotapegroup.com_ 
(mailto:quadlist-request at quadvideotapegroup.com)   wrote:


Bob, what is the source of your photo, if I may ask.  Thanks much for

posting it.









 
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