Comments on: World’s Tiniest TV Camera (Apr, 1956) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/13/worlds-tiniest-tv-camera/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:12:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/13/worlds-tiniest-tv-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-1078086 Firebrand38 Thu, 13 May 2010 22:39:12 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/13/worlds-tiniest-tv-camera/#comment-1078086 Andrew: Good catch. They misspelled it. In a 1955 issue of Broadcasting magazine it's described as, "It is equipped with a Mini-Resistron tube which is 90 mm long and has a diameter of 15 mm" http://books.google.com/books?id=ij4oAAAAMAAJ&q=Dr.+Walter+Heimann+resistron&dq=Dr.+Walter+Heimann+resistron&hl=en&ei=BH_sS5iNDI_8OfithKUI&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA Andrew: Good catch. They misspelled it. In a 1955 issue of Broadcasting magazine it’s described as, “It is equipped with a Mini-Resistron tube which is 90 mm long and has a diameter of 15 mm”

http://books.google.com/books?.....CC0Q6AEwAA

]]> By: Andrew L. Ayers http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/13/worlds-tiniest-tv-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-1078085 Andrew L. Ayers Thu, 13 May 2010 21:58:35 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/13/worlds-tiniest-tv-camera/#comment-1078085 Hmm - the article reads "resitron" - but I am finding online various camera tubes (at least, references) for "resistron"; same thing, I wonder? Hmm – the article reads “resitron” – but I am finding online various camera tubes (at least, references) for “resistron”; same thing, I wonder?

]]> By: techraptor http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/13/worlds-tiniest-tv-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-1056201 techraptor Sat, 31 May 2008 14:47:16 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/13/worlds-tiniest-tv-camera/#comment-1056201 Ebay ad: for sale 1 web cam made in 1956. LOL What could've been the resolution? Ebay ad: for sale 1 web cam made in 1956. LOL

What could’ve been the resolution?

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