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RCA Television Camera Model Number List

RCA have a long and distinguished history in television camera manufacturing,
dating from the very beginning of electronic television.
Model number Comments & Cat. number Date (1) Description & technology
       
       
827 early   Studio, mono, Iconoscope, valve
1934 early   Studio, mono, Iconoscope, valve
1938 early 1938 Studio, mono, Iconoscope, valve
1940 early 1940 Studio, mono, Orthicon, valve
CCD-1 CA.1480   ENG portable, colour, 3 x CCDs
CRV-59AAE   WW2 Flying bomb camera, Iconoscope, valve
       
       
TK1-C MI-26030 1948 Monoscope camera (tube testcard generator)
TK-10A IB-36035 1946? Studio, mono, 3" Image orthicon, valve
TK-11A MI-26011-A   Studio, mono, Image orthicon, valve
TK-12 / 32   1960 Studio, mono, Image orthicon, valve
TK-15     Studio, mono, vidicon, valve
TK-20A MI-26910 late 40's Telecine, mono, Iconoscope, valve
TK-21A     Telecine, mono, vidicon, valve
TK-22   1964? Telecine, mono, vidicon, valve
TK-26-A MI-40516-A1 > 1959 Telecine, colour, vidicon, valve
TK-27   1964 Telecine, colour, 4 x vidicons, valve
TK-28 CA.3101A > 1974 Telecine, colour, Plumbicons,
TK-29C Large Console ~1982? Telecine, colour, Plumbicons,
TK-30A   1946 Studio, mono, Image orthicon, valve
TK-31 MI-26066 (see TK11)   Studio, mono, Image orthicon, valve
TK-41 MI-40500-A 1950 Studio, colour, Image Orthicon, valve
TK-42X Experimental mixed tubes 1962 (ref29) Studio, colour, 4.5 inch Image Orthicon + 3 Vidicons, transistor, integral zoom lens.
TK-42 Mixed tubes c. 1965 ? Studio, colour, 4.5 inch Image Orthicon + 3 Vidicons, transistor, integral zoom lens. Lead oxide tube option from 1968.
TK-43 Mixed tubes, deluxe version of TK-42 with external zoom lens. c.1967 Studio, colour, 4.5 inch Image Orthicon + 3 Vidicons, transistor, integral zoom lens. Lead oxide tube option from 1968.
Advert June 1967.
TK-44 Mixed tubes 1967 Studio colour, 3 inch Image Isocon tube + 3 x lead oxide tubes, transistor. Advert June 1967.
TK-44A   1969 Studio colour, Plumbicons, transistor
TK-44B   1971 Studio colour, Plumbicons, transistor
TK45A CA.1111B 1973 Studio colour, Plumbicons, transistor
TK-46 CA.1121A 1976 Studio colour, Plumbicons, IC
TK-47   1978 Studio colour, Plumbicons, micro
TK-48 CA.1310   Studio colour, Plumbicons, micro
TK-60 (a)   1963 Studio, mono, Image Orthicon, valve/hybrid
TK-76, B, C,   1976 ENG portable, colour, Plumbicons, micro
TK-86   ~1982?? ENG portable, colour, Plumbicons, micro
TK-290 CA.2980   Telecine, colour, Plumbicons, micro
TK-610 B3030   Telecine, colour, 3 x vidicons
TK-630 CA.1201A 1974 Studio colour, Plumbicons
TK-710 CA.1650 1982

ENG portable, colour, saticons
TK-760/1 CA.1550A 1980 Studio or ENG portable, colour, Plumbicons, micro
TK-780 CA.1570   , colour, Plumbicons, micro
TK-781   ~1982? , colour, Plumbicons, micro, triax
TKP-45(A) CA.1410 1974 ENG portable, colour, Plumbicons
TKP-46     ENG portable, colour, Plumbicons
TKP-47 CA.1250   ENG portable, colour, Plumbicons, micro
HC-1 Hawkeye CA.1680A 1978-80 ENG camcorder, colour, Plumbicons, micro
HC-2 Hawkeye CA.1620   ENG camcorder, colour, Plumbicons, micro
       
Walkie-Lookie Roving camera 1951 Radio camera, mono, vidicon, valve
Ultra Roving camera 1964 Radio camera, mono, vidicon,
       
CRV-59AAE   WW2 Flying bomb camera, Iconoscope, valve
       
PK-315   c.1968 Vidicon
PK-330A   c.1968 Vidicon, "Professional" monochrome studio camera. ref30
PK-330L   c.1968 Lead Oxide, "Professional" monochrome studio camera. ref30
       
PK-501   c.1968 Quality Surveillance camera
       
PK-703 $9,850 in 1968 1968 (ref22) Single tube colour camera. report Practical TV Sept 1969.
       


(1) Notes: Dates are tricky!, do you take the design date or the date entered service? It's all a bit vague.
"I.O." is the abbreviation for Image Orthicon, a large camera tube in 3 inch and 4.5 inch sizes.
"Plumbicon" is a registered trade mark of Philips, as well as being a Lead Oxide camera tube!

References:-
(22) Broadcasting, 25 Nov. 1968 page 74
(29) Broadcasting, 19 March 1962 page 81.
(30) RCA Broadcast News, No. 139 July 1968.

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