Museum of the Broadcast Television Camera

Rank Taylor Hobson (RTH) Varotal 16:1 lens type XIVSP

Rank Taylor Hobson (RTH) Varotal 16:1 lens type XIVSP

This is one of a range of lenses available that used the "Pulley Wheel" style mounting system.

It is a fully servoed self contained package with motors for Focus, Zoom & Iris. Power was drawn from the standard interface on the camera.

Zoom range 16:1, 2.5-40 inches. Format size 32x24mm. Image orthicon format size.
Focus range 10ft to infinity. Aperture f4 to f7.5 at max zoom.

 

At this time colour cameras were designed to use the available lenses the had the IO format.    Angenieux Lens pictures.   TV88 adaptor. (these links are spurs, and return to here)