{"id":9431,"date":"2019-11-19T16:37:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T16:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/?page_id=9431"},"modified":"2024-03-07T11:35:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T11:35:12","slug":"vinten-operator-handbooks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/vinten-operator-handbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinten Operator Handbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vintens were extremely important in that the Vinten products (especially those designed by Bill (aka &#8220;Paddy&#8221;) Vinten, cameraman and engineer) enabled the British television companies &#8211; and particularly the BBC &#8211; to develop and produce high quality theatrical style, multi-camera live or &#8220;as live&#8221; television programmes from the late 1950s  right through to the development of digital technologies (where Vitec (as Vintens became) is still a key player).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some  Vinten publications from the 1950s\/1960s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<table style=\"width:100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\" align=\"BOTTOM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Vinten-Cover-Mk-III-head.jpg\" alt=\"Mk III P&#038;T\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=\"TOP\" width = \"*\">\n<h3>Mk III Pan and Tilt Head Operators&#8217; Handbook<\/h3>\nA description of how to use the Type 111 Pan and Tilt head: \nits unique features were the preservation of perfect balance at any\u00b7angle of tilt,\ntogether with a range of movement increased to 50 degrees of tilt in elevation or depression.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width = \"10%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\"><i>Publisher:<\/i><\/td>\n<td>Vinten<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width = \"10%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\"><i>Document Type<\/i><\/td>\n<td>Operator Handbook<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<!--  Block file to load PDF -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><object class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mk_III_Pan_and_Tilt_Head_Operators_Handbook.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:900px\" aria-label=\"Mk III Head Operators Handbook\"><\/object><br><br><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mk_III_Pan_and_Tilt_Head_Operators_Handbook.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"37\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/download-PDF.png\" alt=\"download button\" class=\"wp-image-17100\" style=\"width:auto;height:25px\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n\n<!--  Block for the download button -->\n<p><br>Click on <span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><em>Download PDF<\/em><\/span> to see the PDF in an alternative viewer: this allows you to print or save the complete PDF document, and often makes the document easier to read.<br><br><br>\nTo return to this page, use your browser&#8217;s <span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Go Back One Page<\/span> button.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\nVinten-Cover-HP-Pedestal.jpg\" alt=\"HP Ped\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=\"TOP\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Vinten HP Pedestal<\/h3><p>A description of how to use the Vinten HP Pedestal. The telescopic sections were maintained in balance using nitrogen gas which pressurised an internal system of three hydraulic rams.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width = \"10%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\"><i>Publisher:<\/i><\/td>\n<td>Vinten<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width = \"10%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\"><i>Document Type<\/i><\/td>\n<td>Operator Handbook<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<!--  Block file to load PDF -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><object class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Television_Camera_Pedestal_Operators_Handbook.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:875px\" aria-label=\"Television Camera Pedestal Operators Handbook\"><\/object><br><br><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Television_Camera_Pedestal_Operators_Handbook.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"37\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/download-PDF.png\" alt=\"download button\" class=\"wp-image-17100\" style=\"width:auto;height:25px\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n\n<!--  Block for the download button -->\n<p><br>Click on <span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><em>Download PDF<\/em><\/span> to see the PDF in an alternative viewer: this allows you to print or save the complete PDF document, and often makes the document easier to read.<br><br><br>\nTo return to this page, use your browser&#8217;s <span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Go Back One Page<\/span> button.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\nVinten-Cover-Heron-Crane.jpg\" alt=\"Heron\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\"\/><\/td>\n<td align=\"TOP\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Vinten Heron Camera Crane<\/h3><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"10%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"*%\">A description of how to drive the Vinten Heron Camera Crane.  The Heron was designed around 1955 to a BBC specification for a flexible crane that could more or less go anywhere.\n<br><br>\nThis PDF is a complete rendering of the Handbook, including all the blank and non-printed pages.\n<br><br>\n<em>Please Note:<\/em>  As this is constructed and stored as a searchable PDF, the OCR scanning has rotated page six (6) through 90 degrees to make the text for fig. 2 readable.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"10%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\"><i>Publisher:<\/i><\/td>\n<td>Vinten<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"10%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\"><i>Document Type<\/i><\/td>\n<td>Operator Handbook<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<!--  Block file to load PDF -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><object class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Vinten_Heron_Operators_Handbook-Mk_1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:865px\" aria-label=\"Vinten Heron Operators Handbook - Mk 1\"\"><\/object><br><br><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Vinten_Heron_Operators_Handbook-Mk_1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"37\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/download-PDF.png\" alt=\"download button\" class=\"wp-image-17100\" style=\"width:auto;height:25px\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n\n<!--  Block for the download button -->\n<p><br>Click on <span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><em>Download PDF<\/em><\/span> to see the PDF in an alternative viewer: this allows you to print or save the complete PDF document, and often makes the document easier to read.<br><br><br>\nTo return to this page, use your browser&#8217;s <span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Go Back One Page<\/span> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--  Navigation buttons -  TOP of page -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/vinten-operator-handbooks\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"14901\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"61\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/back-to-top.png\" alt=\"back_to_top\" class=\"wp-image-14855\" style=\"width:auto;height:25px\"><\/figure><\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/vinten-publications\/\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"62\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/return_to_Vinten.png\" alt=\"Return to Vinten\" class=\"wp-image-18019\" style=\"width:auto;height:25px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/return_to_Vinten.png 564w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/return_to_Vinten-300x33.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<!-- Footer -->\n\n<h1>&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<p class=\"western\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1061\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall-300x104.jpg\" alt=\"ianfootersmall\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall-300x104.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vintens were extremely important in that the Vinten products (especially those designed by Bill (aka &#8220;Paddy&#8221;) Vinten, cameraman and engineer) enabled the British television companies &#8211; 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