Lone Star Beer TK-40

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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

TK-41, not Tk-40, I believe - note louvers for cooling

Wayne,

The four RCA cameras in the first NBC production studio, at the Colonial Theater in NYC, were TK-40's. The cameras had no louvers in their viewfinder and overheated. There were also two cameras in the NBC color mobile unit.

The first commercial RCA color camera, the TK-40A, started delivery in early 1954 to NBC Brooklyn, CBS New York and Television City, and four or so independent and affiliate stations,. The TK-40A did have viewfinder louvers, as did the eventual TK-41 which was introduced in late 1954.

http://www.novia.net/~ereitan/Color_Cameras.html
http://www.novia.net/~ereitan/PION_6m.htm

CBS even added more side louvers to body of their TK-40A's atTelevision City, Hollywood.

Ed

Ed Reitan's Color Television History at http://www.novia.net/~ereitan/