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Old 10-25-2010, 07:49 PM
John Hafer John Hafer is offline
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Hey W.B. your above questions have bugged me for years and I never could find the exact answers.

I have attached GE ads of:
PE-24A from 1964
PE-240 early model (Round edges)
PE-240 later model (square edges)
PE-245 (Harris replacement for GE)
TF-100 (Harris last color film camera generation)

Finally a GE PF-7A color film scanner (1958)

As far as I can tell from looking at all my ads, it seems that GE started with the square edge PE-24 and PE-24A, then went to the round edges with the introduction of the PE-240, but then later switched back to square edges for later model PE-240 and then Harris PE-245 cameras.

I also have pictures of the CBS broadcast center in NYC showing GE color film cameras with the round edges and I suspect CBS bought these for their fall 1965 color broadcast startup. I am thinking these were PE-240 cameras.

Finally regarding an early GE 3V camera, my info only shows that GE made a color film scanner (starting in 1958) instead of a color film camera (see attached photo). I am thinking there was no 3V camera.
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File Type: jpg GE Old.jpg (97.1 KB, 37 views)
File Type: jpg GE PE-24A.jpg (92.8 KB, 34 views)
File Type: jpg GE PE-240(1).jpg (72.4 KB, 35 views)
File Type: jpg GE PE-240(2).jpg (68.4 KB, 31 views)
File Type: jpg Harris PE-245.jpg (79.8 KB, 35 views)
File Type: jpg Harris TF-100.jpg (99.9 KB, 35 views)
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