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Old 12-01-2011, 09:22 PM
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Image orthicon cameras still used in the 1980s in Europe

G'day all.

Been viewing quite a bit of historical European television footage lately as I understand some countries in Europe didn't upgrade to colour until the late 70s or early 80s and some even late as the late 80s!!! Amazingly the countries lagging behind with the times with television were still using image orthicon cameras in the 1980s!

One piece of footage that really caught my eye was a great uptempo groovy disco music performance from 1980 by a pretty duo Angela y Consuelo performing "Esta Es Tu Música" on some Spanish/Portuguese television show in glorious 1950s style image orthicon B&W:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXiRaO8PzQ4
In the clip there is mad haloing around the neons and the glittery suits the duo were wearing and the tone of the picture looks very 1950s!!! I think this show was likely filmed on 3" IO cameras made in the 1950s due to the excessive haloing which looks very similar to American programs shot on RCA TK-10/11 cameras. There's a few more B&W performances of theirs from the same show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ3TPF4IIYw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq9pL9Tbcdk

I think this program might be part of the Colombia television network. I have seen some historical footage of Spain's TVE which they seem to use a variety of cameras from RCA TK-10s to Dumont to Fernseh KOA cameras. Here's some historical footage from TVE"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2xsDGb3_NM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fys0HcIPuI

Also Romania were the real late bloomer of colour television transmissions and were using Fernseh KOF IO cameras (introduced in 1964) during the 1980s, here's some 1980 footage showing their cameras in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzCggwKkOQ0

Anyways I would really like to know the name of that program Angela y Consuelo appeared on and the cameras used so I am calling to anyone here with knowledge of Spanish/Portuguese television and the Colombia television network.
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