Museum of the Broadcast Television Camera

Link type 182 Operation Control Panel for use with the LDK5.

Link type 182 Operation Control Panel for use with the LDK5.

These were adapted by Link Electronics for use in the BBC Type 5 outside broadcast vehicles in conjunction with the LDK5 cameras. They are derived from the standard Link Electronics OCP.

The "open & close" pots set the range of the iris control and the small button marked "Free" disabled the controls so they could be re-positioned to give more or a different range of operation. This was possible because only changes were sent to the camera, not the absolute control position.