Museum of the Broadcast Television Camera

Pye Cambridge Staticon Television Camera type 84 2134/02

Pye Cambridge Staticon Television Camera type 84 2134/02

"Staticon" was the trade name for a 1 inch vidicon made by Cathodion ltd.. Staticons had a side pip, much like the evacuation pip in a standard vidicon, near the front of the tube and all Pye cameras that used vidicon type tubes had a corresponding slot in the yoke for the pip to slot into.

Cathodion ltd. was a subsidiary company of Pye ltd. Staticon brochure.

Shown with a Vinten tripod and folding skid type 514 and pan & tilt head type 444.