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Old 06-23-2010, 02:32 AM
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Originally Posted by NewVista View Post
In the sixties & seventies the prolific British camera manufacturers did amazing things with vidicons: Which camera outshone them all ?
Plumbicons, not vidicons. A Philips invention that turned photoconductive tubes from mediocre to excellent. EEV made similar tubes called Leddicons.

BTW, this question could almost start a war. Supporters of EMI and Marconi can be very partisan.
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