Using TV Cambers to Capture Live Performances

Almost all surviving t v from the fifties and sixties was preserved by this method rather than by video tape. You'd get a film camba pointed ot ha t v, showing the program you wanted to record, and film the t v screen. electrono vision came into the picture for those rare times when you wanted to do something using video cameras that would be shown at the cinema. Their cambas shot in 819 line resolution, super high definition for the time,. but capable of being recorded on to standard video tape with appropriate modifications for the equipment. But that meant that when ou kenescoped the production, it was nearly twice the resolution that a standard us