Museum of the Broadcast Television Camera

Notes:-
Full featured studio camera, prominent carrying handles along sides, tilting viewfinder, and plug in electronics. Control panel used Joystick for Iris control. Stable design, the final development of the Image Orthicon camera by PYE.

Index
Page 01 Pye Mk7 camera 45° view
Page 02 Camera 135° view
Page 03 Camera 225° view 
Page 04 Camera 315° open view
Page 05 Camera 270 deg with covers open
Page 06 Camera 90 deg with cover open
Page 07 Rear access door
Page 08 Front access door
Page 09Zoom lens pulley wheel mount
Page 10Viewfinder
Page 11CCU front
Page 12CCU rear
Page 13CCU top
Page 14Control panel front
Page 15Portable CCU
Page 16Portable control panel 1
Page 17Portable control panel 2

Lens Details
Page 18Angenieux lens 10:1 zoom & controls. (this line is a spur, returns to here)
Page 19 Pye AG 55297 TV88 iris servo drive assembly. (this line is a spur, returns to here)



Circuit Diagrams:-
Pye 842116-00 Camera diagram #1
Pye 842116-00 Camera diagram #2
Pye 842116-00 Horizontal scan circuit
Pye 842116-00 Horizontal scan PCB.
Pye 842116-00 Camera block diagram

Pye 842117-00 Camera Viewfinder diagram
Pye 842117-00 Camera Viewfinder vertical scan PCB

Pye 844431-00 Camera controls diagram

Pye 843670-00 CCU video processing circuit diagram
Pye 843670-00 CCU Pulse processing circuit diagram
Pye 843670-01 CCU Power supply module circuit diagram

Datasheet
Description 2008 at BATC meeting.
Description 2019 at BTTT exhibition
Informal pictures (two)

Brochure

Reference documents:-
International Broadcast Engineer, Nov. 1966 pages 468 - 472

Period advert

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