Museum of the Broadcast Television Camera

BBC Television Service Universal Zoom Camera

BBC Television Service Universal Zoom Camera BBC © photograph


"On 27th. August 1960 a prototype camera incorporating a folded zoom lens, produced by BBC engineers in co-operation with the lens manufactures, made its debut at a BBC television outside broadcast. With this camera not only the whole range of shots covered by a single zoom lens, but The lens itself is accommodated inside the body of the camera. This results in a very compact camera and avoids the need for a lens turret. Extensive trials are being carried out on outside broadcasts and in studios to Obtain the fullest information on the potentialities of the camera of this novel design." (BBC handbook 1962 page 120)


 

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