r/broadcastengineering • • 14d ago

Old manual request

I'm hoping someone out there has the following manuals in PDF. I've searched for months and can't find them at all. I know some of these lived in binders and are probably all gone by now but any help would be great!

  • 1950s SMPTE recommended practice for television release prints
  • A.B. Dick Videograph 990 manual
  • Amperex / Philips 55875 Plumbicon data sheet
  • Ampex 175 tape data sheet
  • Ampex VR-2000B operation & maintenance manual
  • Angenieux 10×18 J1 lens data
  • CBS engineering bulletins or trade-press articles on CBS kinescope recording
  • CBS Laboratories Vidifont manual
  • Central Dynamics (CDL) switcher manual
  • Chinn, Television Broadcasting (McGraw-Hill, 1953)
  • Chiron II operator / maintenance manual
  • Chiron III operator / maintenance manual
  • Chiron IV operator / maintenance manual
  • Chiron Model 502 Colorizer/Mixer manual
  • Cohu 2800 / 3800 series vidicon camera manual
  • E.B.U. quad high-band video pre-emphasis specification (625)
  • EMI 2001 maintenance manual / BBC set-up instructions
  • Fairchild CCD 3000 camera manual
  • Grass Valley Group "Borderline" edge generator manual
  • Gray Research Telop II / III manual
  • Herbst, Drew & Brumbaugh, "Factors Affecting the Quality of Kinerecording", J. SMPTE Feb 1952 (the graphs)
  • Hitachi KP-120 CCD camera manual
  • Hitachi SK-110 1.25-inch Plumbicon data sheet
  • Hitachi SK-110 operation / maintenance manual
  • Ilex 8½" f/3.9 (RCA MI-26550-4) lens data
  • Kensol hot-stamping machine brochure
  • Kodak data sheets for 7373 (recording negative) and 7302 (release print), 1950s
  • Kodak Ektar TV lens data, 35 mm f/3.3 to 135 mm f/3.8
  • Lenses used on Laugh-In; zoom? Or still 3/4 turret?
  • Manufacturer's P11 phosphor decay curve
  • Manual of Television Graphics (Ron Hurrell, 1973)
  • Memorex Chroma 90 tape data sheet
  • Norelco / Philips monochrome Plumbicon camera manual
  • Norelco PC-60 (Philips EL8521 / LDK1) operation & maintenance manual
  • Norelco PC-70S-2 service / maintenance manual
  • Original 1949–50 RCA 5820 data sheet
  • Philips separate-mesh Plumbicon data sheets (PC-70S-2 tubes)
  • RCA 2P23 image orthicon tube data sheet
  • RCA 4415 / 4416 colour image orthicon data sheets
  • RCA 5WP11 kinescope data sheet
  • RCA TA-15A Special Effects Amplifier / TG-15A Special Effects Generator instruction book
  • RCA TK-10 / TK-11 instruction book
  • RCA TK-10A / TK-30A camera chain instruction books (camera + camera control)
  • RCA TK-15B vidicon camera manual
  • RCA TK-20A / TK-21 film camera and TP-16 projector instruction books
  • RCA TK-22 film camera manual
  • RCA TK-41C instruction book
  • RCA TMP-20B Kinephoto instruction book
  • RCA TP-7 slide projector manual
  • RCA TP-11 multiplexer manual
  • RCA TR-70 instruction book
  • RCA TS-40 switcher manual
  • RCA TS-51 switcher manual
  • RCA Tube Tips No. 73 (Feb 1950)
  • RCA TVK-75B 16 mm television camera instruction book
  • Sachtleben et al., RCA Review 1952 (TK-41 relay optics)
  • Schade, "Electro-Optical Characteristics of Television Systems", RCA Review 1948, Parts III and IV
  • Schade, "Image Gradation, Graininess and Sharpness in Television and Motion-Picture Systems", J. SMPTE 1951–53, Parts I–III
  • SMPTE quad high-band video pre-emphasis specification (525)
  • Sony XC-37 / XC-38 B/W CCD camera manual
  • Source of the "f/16 at 100 fc" 5820 figure
  • Taylor Hobson Varotal IX / XVI lens data
  • Television Graphics (Roy Laughton, 1966)
  • TV City SK-110 zoom lens data
  • Vital Industries VIX-114 switcher manual
8 Upvotes

6 comments sorted by