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To: greedo

The cam corder was not invented in 1972. You had to manually hook up to a reel to reel 1” tape or 3/4” tape recording machine... the size of a huge TV...

and that was if you had a power outlet to plug into, to power all that video technology.

And then, the transmitter would be huge.

But the battery pack would be the size of another huge Television set.

That said, the photos you posted are probably of black and white video cameras. Too small. The color tube(s) made the color video cameras larger.

Both needed to be plugged into the wall or TV studio power supply.

The official NASA story says their color video cameras were only 4 pounds in weight. That is dubious, too. They also said the relay time to transmit to earth was 1.5 seconds... nonsensical.


119 posted on 12/11/2018 11:15:46 AM PST by Sontagged ("The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork." -Psalm 19:1)
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To: Sontagged
The cam corder was not invented in 1972.

Which Apollo missions used videotape on the lunar surface?

Apollo 11 did not.

https://history.nasa.gov/apollo_photo.html

 - two 16mm Maurer motion picture film cameras
 - color television camera in the orbiting Columbia
 - black and white TV camera outside of the lunar module
 - Kodak stereo close-up camera
 - three Hasselblad 500EL cameras

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That said, the photos you posted are probably of black and white video cameras. Too small. The color tube(s) made the color video cameras larger.

The link that I gave you at #78 explains why the Apollo color camera did not need three imaging tubes.

Westinghouse Lunar Color Camera

165 posted on 12/11/2018 9:58:58 PM PST by greedo
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