Plumbicon TV camera tube

Title

Plumbicon TV camera tube

Identifier

ABDNP:200576a

Description

Mullard Plumbicon 55875L. Tube for luminance signal (i.e. black and white). 4 tubes necessary to create complete colour picture. One of earliest commercial colour TV camera tubes. Used in Grampian Television TV camera in early 1970s

Date

1968-1975

Format

overall length 210 mm; sensitive surface 20 mm diam; overall diam of holder 45 mm
glass, metal, plastic base

Coverage

Holland

Creator

Mullard