General Information

Serial #

12364

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL AND SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

75.0 cm

Width

19.0 cm

Height

36.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Sony

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1980S AND EARLY 1990S

Canada

TYPE SAMPLE OF VIDEO CAMERA AVAILABLE AND USED IN CANADA

Function

USED TO CONVERT LIGHT SIGNALS (MOVING PICTURES) INTO ELECTRONIC SIGNALS SO THEY CAN BE FED TO A TV OR RECORDED ON TAPE ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED SOUND.

Technical

EMPLOYS THE "TRINICON" SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY SONY. THE SYSTEM IS ONLY A SINGLE PICKUP TUBE, WHICH PICKS UP THE 3 BASIC COLOUR SIGNALS, RED, GREEN & BLUE. IT HAS STABLE & FAITHFUL COLOR REPRODUCTION; HIGHLY UNIFORM PICTURE; HIGH RESOLUTION; & NO COLOR DISPLACEMENT [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG PLATE: 'SONY COLOR VIDEO CAMERA/ DXC-1200 AC 120V 60HZ 65W/ SERIAL NO. 12364/ MADE IN JAPAN/ CSA'/ DIST PLATE: 'Sold & Serviced by/ Technical Services Division/ C.M. Peterson Company Limited/ 220 Adelaide St. N. London, Ontario'/ MOLDED IN FRONT: 'SONY'/ PLATES ON SIDES: 'SONY TRINICON COLOR CAMERA'/ DECALS: 'Wilfrid Laurier University/ REG. NO. 615/ PROPERTY OF THE AUDIO VISUAL DEPARTMENT'/ HANDWRITTEN ON SIDE: 'CAM.3'/ PRINTED AROUND VARIOUS KNOBS: 'SCOPE WHITE BAL FOCUS INTERCOM LEVEL/ LEVEL PEDESTAL CHROMA/ AUTO MANUAL' 'POWER' 'BRT CONTR RETURN VIDEO'/ 4 LABELS: 'CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC/ SHOCK, DO NOT OPEN. NO USER-/ SERVICABLE PARTS INSIDE./ REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED/ SERVICE PERSONNEL'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BODY: BEIGE AND RUST COLOURED PANELS; BLACK LENS

Decoration

N/A