[Boatanchors] "Kinescope ", thanks all.

[John Lawson]

   In my increasingly-sparse tube collection I have a still working 
Iconoscope (1850A), an Image Orthicon (5820), a couple of vidicons and 
other various "light to voltage" conversion devices.

   I also currently own/operate an RCA FR35TV and FR16TV telecine 
projector, as well as what's left of the TK29C camera - it used three 
vidicons with dichroic mirrors to separate the colors - and an on-the-fly 
color correction circuit that worked in real time, had an S100 
microprocessor and read keycodes off the film - stored the programs on a 
microcassette drive - that was all scrapped and the previous owner had 
installed a Sony hi-res CCD camera in place of one of the vids, and 
removed the color mirrors. I have the TK29 but it's not used. I scrapped 
out the Multiplexer Island - broke my heart but it was useless and large 
and had to go.

   Currently I just mount a modern HD camera right in the gates of the 
projectors and do away with all the lenses and multiplexers, etc.  Yes, 
the image is upside down, but part of the downstream digital processing 
corrects that.

  I have the RCA slide projector - model escapes me at the moment - I have 
it working, but no one's yet asked me to convert their slides.  I also got 
all the SMPTE and ANSI calibration materials for all this - so I can 
assure you that your Yellowstone Trip Pictures from 1966 will be 
transferred according to Broadcast Standards.  HIHI.

   There's an Ampex VPR2 1" "C" machine hanging around as well - it's huge 
but it actually works.  It was part of the deal, or they were going to 
roll it off into a dumpster - I couldn't bear the thought of that.


   If you're interested in pics of this gear, (or just sorta bored)  - you 
can see it here:

www.malibumoviemusic.com

and scroll down a bit to the pictures - there's a brief description there 
too.



Cheers

John KB6SCO
Carson City