Museum of the Broadcast Television Camera

Pye Mk3 Television Camera type 842014JL

Pye Mk3 Television Camera type 842014JL

This camera is one of at least two made by Pye for TSR (Television Suisse Romande) in 1954 to supplement an industrial camera they already had. The left picture was taken in the 1950s and the right one in 2015, so just 60 years between them!

The camera differs from the standard most visibly the turret outer ring is wider as is the overall front plate, a slightly diamond shape. The neutral density filter is missing. These two modifications may be linked. At some point the drive gear from the focus motor was disconnected and the iris drive gear removed.

 

The vintage picture came from the https://notrehistoire.ch site but the original page link no longer works.