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Originally posted by Richard D
I recently saw a print ad for an RCA TK 41 and it said weighs less than 800 pounds* At the bottom of the page it said
*not including lens or control unit or viewfinder.
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That sounds like the type of camera TV stations used in their studios and on wheeled dollies, years and decades before the advent of robotic cameras as are used today at many local TV stations on news sets. I can't see any remote camera operator lugging one of those 800-pound TK-41s around at a football game, etc.; in fact, if these monsters had external control units and viewfinders, they would almost have to be mounted on dollies. The newer, smaller Sony cameras Anthony mentioned are much better suited to use for remote telecasts.
BTW, I'll have to look at the set of Conan O'Brien one of these nights to see those new Sony cameras. Haven't noticed them yet. Hmmm. Now I'm wondering. Do the Tonight Show, or for that matter the evening news on any of the networks, use the new robotic cameras?