B&W portable streaming camera + kit from 1960s

Seth Bloombaum · October 15th, 2019, 06:59 PM

That is a great article! Thanks Chris.

I note the use of microwave links evident in many of the photos... along with firetruck extendable ladders on some OB trucks, and a tripod-mounted microwave dish in the last photo that looks identical to OB gear in use when I was getting started in the 70s.

Christopher Young · October 16th, 2019, 09:41 AM

Making me feel old. I started in the '66. Hasn't technology changed. In '66 I could buy a house in Clifton Down, Bristol in the UK for around £5000 pounds Stirling. Just down Whiteladies road at the BBC studios the first color cameras were coming in. A camera chain was about £100,000 pounds. You had to be the Almighty or one of his off-siders to touch one.

Today houses in Clifton Down, Bristol are around £1 to £2.5 million pounds and I can buy a £2,000 pound camera that would kill the original £100,000 color cameras we had.

As Bob said "The times they are a'changin."

Chris Young

Chris Harding · October 17th, 2019, 05:06 AM

I am old Chris!! a decent 3CCD broadcast camera with a 3/4"u-matic recorder or an analogue Betacam SP camera cost an arm and a leg and my first camera was a domestic WVP100 with a Saticon tube sensor!! Good days though!!

Andrew Smith · March 8th, 2024, 12:11 PM

And here's an off-air recording of the broadcast of the moon landing (animation) and also the control centre at NASA and the streaming quality of what was sent from the moon.

(timed to start at 9:31)

Andrew

October 15th, 2019, 06:59 PM	#16
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	Re: B&W portable streaming camera + kit from 1960s That is a great article! Thanks Chris. I note the use of microwave links evident in many of the photos... along with firetruck extendable ladders on some OB trucks, and a tripod-mounted microwave dish in the last photo that looks identical to OB gear in use when I was getting started in the 70s. __________________ 30 years of pro media production. Vegas user since 1.0. Webcaster since 1997. Freelancer since 2000. College instructor since 2001.

October 16th, 2019, 09:41 AM	#17
Christopher Young Trustee Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 1,588	Re: B&W portable streaming camera + kit from 1960s Making me feel old. I started in the '66. Hasn't technology changed. In '66 I could buy a house in Clifton Down, Bristol in the UK for around £5000 pounds Stirling. Just down Whiteladies road at the BBC studios the first color cameras were coming in. A camera chain was about £100,000 pounds. You had to be the Almighty or one of his off-siders to touch one. Today houses in Clifton Down, Bristol are around £1 to £2.5 million pounds and I can buy a £2,000 pound camera that would kill the original £100,000 color cameras we had. As Bob said "The times they are a'changin." Chris Young

October 17th, 2019, 05:06 AM	#18
Chris Harding Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 8,441	Re: B&W portable streaming camera + kit from 1960s I am old Chris!! a decent 3CCD broadcast camera with a 3/4"u-matic recorder or an analogue Betacam SP camera cost an arm and a leg and my first camera was a domestic WVP100 with a Saticon tube sensor!! Good days though!!

March 8th, 2024, 12:11 PM	#19
Andrew Smith Equal Opportunity Offender Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,109	Re: B&W portable streaming camera + kit from 1960s And here's an off-air recording of the broadcast of the moon landing (animation) and also the control centre at NASA and the streaming quality of what was sent from the moon. YouTube (Short URL) (timed to start at 9:31) Andrew