Early Handheld Colour Cameras

Project X – the Queen came to TVT. A PR lady from there has been looking for stories, having found this – http://www.tech-ops.co.uk/ron18_large.jpg .

I’ve done several and am now invited to a Q and A.

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Nice lightweight handheld camera!

A bit like our original OB radio cameras and transmitters used on golf etc

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It is an OB camera – I think with Mr Pilblad.

Another variation on the theme.

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Rigger Ron and Tim Ludbrook on camera, “Ghost Train”, Cambridge – 1989

Progress

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I can’t help being amazed that we’ve gone from this (which needed rows of racks of gear to make it work at all):

To this (which can stream live with no external help):

Not saying it’s a good thing, mind!

But it does leave one wondering where technology will be 50 years on from now, assuming we haven’t destroyed the planet by then.

…do we know where the B&W pic was taken?
For me it looks like White City Stadium.

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