Philips LDK 14 , Broadcast Camera ,1977

[@WOFFY-qc9te]

Ingenious construction it is hard to believed there are three tubes in there. The alloy machined case is a work of art, I have an AGEMA 550 Stirling cooled Thermal camera of this era and it is built like a tank, the colour viewfinder is a crt and the resolution is incredible it is less than a inch diagonal and a joy to see. Keep posting.

[@TheJessycam]

I was one of the cameramen st BBC Tel OB’s operating this very camera. Still remember the bruised shoulder due to the flat base. We had at least 10 of them.

[@jeevamohan856]

Sophisticated Enough to be that Analogue.

[@jonno4316]

Perhaps one of the more notable events this camera can be seen covering is on the stage at Live Aid in 1985 trying to keep up with Freddie Mercury...

[@TheJessycam]

Operated by Frank Hudson & Bob Wilson

[@pstonard]

Nice to see an LDK14 still operating (and in good hands!) BTW, LDK stands for "Loverly Dutch Kamera", so I'm told.

[@10brucelees]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing

[@KylesDigitalLab]

Interesting that it had auto-cent as early as 1977. The Sony and Ikegami camera of the time didn't have auto cent. I believe it was the Sony DXC-M3 that had auto-cent in 1983-1984. What's the lens mount? B3? Looks like a Canon lens

[@vintagevideo4044]

That was Philip's first all in one, portable camera, with auto centering, it tells to work better, if all there tubes are like new, with a high output. Yes the lens is Canon, but uses a special Philips mount and connection plug, only for Philips cameras

[@TheJessycam]

Where was that 2005 from, BBC Manchester Studio or Bredon Wing at BBC Training Wood Norton?

[@vintagevideo4044]

They were also used at several BBC regional studios as well and this was one of them

[@LiviuDragon]

i have a 4k camcoder sony handycam ax33 21 mpx and a 4k action cam

[@SystemParanoia]

Probably going to end up grabbing one of those eng lenses for my gh7

[@vintagevideo4044]

As far as I know they only fit, the LDK 14 series and LDK 54

[@H2Oredfirefox]

I know it sounds rather ridiculous but imagine trying to use that as a security camera🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@chinnyvision]

Would be lovely to see some direct capture from this and your EMI. Pointing a camera at a screen really doesn't do it justice.

[@vintagevideo4044]

I have done direct capture, but standard definition, always looks poor on colour and general sharpness. High Definition always works well

[@chinnyvision]

@@vintagevideo4044 You may find modern scalers like the Retrotink do a better job. Domestic capture cards are generally rubbish and it's better to use a converter/scaler then capture that as HDMI.

[@vintagevideo4044]

Thanks , I will have a look at one of them

[@aRYANz88]

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