General Information

Serial #

9075 AM 105

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALUMINUM CARRYING CASE/ METAL AND SYNTHETIC WITH GLASS LENS

Dimensions

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

Length

53.5 cm

Width

44.0 cm

Height

19.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MATSUSHITA

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Wakimachi

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY THE 1980'S

Canada

PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (C 1950-1995). MR. OLSON WAS APHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.

Function

USED TO PICK-UP VIDEO COLOUR INFORMATION FOR FEED TO A MONITOR AND/OR VCR.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF EARLY HOME OR SEMI-PROFESSIONAL VIDEO CAMERA WITH SEPARATE POWER SUPPLY & VIEWFINDER. TYPICAL OF THOSE IN USE BEFORE THE ADVENT OF THE CAMCORDER. WILL HELP DOCUMENT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE "HOME" VIDEO CAMERA. [SEE ALSO CURATOR'S ACQUISITION PROPOSAL IN S.I. FILE]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 ON EACH SIDE: 'RCA/ CC002 Color Video Camera'/ ON LENS: 'TV ZOOM LENS V6X17 17-102mm 1:2.0/ Canon/ [VARIOUS NUMBERS]'/ DESIGNATIONS ON BACK/.2 PRINTING ON BOTTOM INCLUDES: 'VIEW FINDER FOR COLOR/ CAMERA MODEL CC002/.../ CAUTION.../ DEPT. WTJ. MANUFACTURED/ FEBRUARY 1979/ MADE IN/ JAPAN/ MADE IN WAKIMACHI, TOKUSHIMA, JAPAN/ BY MATSUSHITA KOTOBUKI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. WAKIMACHI DIV.'/.3 PRINTING ON BOTTOM INCLUDES: 'RCA CORPORATION/ 600 N. SHERMAN DRIVE/ INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 46201/ COLOR CAMERA MODEL CC002/ ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS: 120V. AC/60 HZ/33 WATTS/.../ SERIAL NO./ 9075AM105/ [CSA CERTIFIED STICKER]'/[DESIGNATIONS AROUND ALL SWITCHES, KNOBS, PLUGS ETC.]

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE WITH VIEWFINDER, LENS, POWER SUPPLY, HAND GRIP AND CABLE TO CONNECT TO MONITOR OR RECORDER/ CARRYING STRAP MISSING FROM CASE

Finish

CASE: SILVER PAINT/.1 LIGHT BROWN GLOSSY CASE WITH SIMULATED BLACK LEATHER SIDES; BLACK LENS AND HAND GRIP/.2 SHINY BLACK WITH BRUSHED METAL ENDS/.3 SHINY BLACK WITH BRUSHED METAL ENDS

Decoration

N/A