Marconi MkIX Television Camera
This is an earlier camera, serial number 114. Note the grey stripe and lack of the "Lantern" vent behind the main front handel.
Neil Friday writes:- "In Mk IX days, bravado by the development department said that a
camera head fan was not necessary. After burning several engineers
fingers from removing the camera head power supply, whilst touching the
driver transistors, it was replaced with a facility of temperature dependant
switch. The overall camera power consumption of the MK VIII and MKIX
was very similar. However I do remember at a Granada TV drama
production in Manchester, when visiting shortly after they had taken
delivery of some, that their audio engineers complained about the noise
of the fans, and we had the fans switched off for the close shots needed." Source = Marconi in television
This camera is fitted with a Varotal XXVI lens.