Museum of the Broadcast Television Camera

EMI Emitron camera viewfinder

EMI Emitron camera viewfinder

This rarely seen view of the ground glass screen in the Emitron camera's viewfinder.
The optically formed image was inverted.
Red Cue light to the top right.

There is a discussion on the relative merits of optical viewfinders v electronic viewfinders on pages 204 of "Television Engineering", by Amos & Birkinshaw, pub. by ILiffe 1953.