Hello everyone,
I hope you don't mind my intrusion, but I'm putting together a new documentary for a UK broadcaster about the origins of the UK television service, to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the first regular high definition broadcast in the UK, on Nov 2nd 1936.
As part of this film, we are going to build a mechanical 240-line flying spot camera. We aren't going to be building a replica of John Logie Baird's camera from Studio B, but a machine that will provide similar results using the same principles. This will enable us to explain the engineering involved (within our budget..!). The aim is to bring more people into the world of early television and champion mechanical engineering.
I know that many members here have previously built 30-line scanners, and other devices, and basically i'd be really interested to find out more about these builds. Does anyone currently have a working home-made 30-line camera and televisor? and does anyone have a working machine that uses more lines? We're going to be filming the surviving double-8 equipment etc, but it would be wonderful if we were able to see something similar that actually works..!
If anyone is interested in having a quick chat about the project, PM me here or leave a message underneath!
Thanks so much,
- Terry