Norelco Camera thumbnail pictures
Norelco (Philips Broadcast Equipment Corp.)
Developed and marketed a series of cameras which were very similar to the Philips European range.
One of the visible differences was the type of camera cable used.
The PC-xxx numbers were used until 1976 when they changed to LDKxxx numbers.
PC-60 (Philips EL8521)
1964 (week 34, from early camera)
1965 (advert RTS vol.11no.1)
3 x 30mm. Plumbicons
Studio color camera
Part of the Philips LDK3 family
PC-70
1966 (NAB prototype displayed)
3 x 30mm. Plumbicons
Studio color camera
Part of the Philips LDK3 family
PC-72 (Philips LDK3)
1972 advert??
3 x 30mm. Plumbicons
Studio color camera
Part of the Philips LDK3 family
PC-80 (Philips LDK3S)
c. 1968
3 x Philips XQ1020 Plumbicon tubes
Studio color camera
Part of the Philips LDK3 family
PC-100 1969 (ref. 1)
PC-100A 1972 (advert)
3 x 25mm. Plumbicons
Studio color camera
Part of the Philips LDK5 family
PCB-701 see also LDK33
1968
3 x 30mm. Plumbicons
Rostrum or fixed color camera
Part of the Philips LDK3 family
PCF-701 see also LDK33
1968
3 x 30mm. Plumbicons
Film color camera (TK in UK)
Part of the Philips LDK3 family
PCP-70
1967 (ref. 2)
3 x 30mm. Plumbicons
Portable color cam. with backpack
PCP-90 Norelco/CBS "MiniCam"
1968
3 x 25mm. Plumbicons
Portable color camera with radio backpack.
VF-150
~~1972?
25mm. Vidicon
Studio monochrome
LDH-1 & LDH-1T
1972/3
3 x 25mm. Plumbicons
Studio color camera
Based on the Philips LDK2
LDH-20/50 (NTSC)
possibly 1974
3 x 25mm. Plumbicons
Studio color camera
Based on the Philips LDK2
LDH-50
1968
25mm. Vidicon XQ-1032
Monochrome
General purpose & CCTV
LDH-0051
Vidicon + Image Intensifier
Monochrome Low Light
General purpose & CCTV
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Norelco:- From the early 1940s, Philco was legally able to prevent Philips from using the name "Philips" on any products marketed in the USA, because the two names were judged to sound similar. As a result, Philips instead used the name Norelco, an acronym for "North American Philips [electrical] Company."
For more information see the Wiki entry for Norelco
Ref. 1 Philips PC-100, paper presented at the NAB Convention Washington March 26 1969.
Ref. 2 "Broadcasting" October 1967 page 47
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