Tesla TKO 401 TV camera

Year of manufacture: since 1960
Manufacturer: VÚRT (Research Institute for Radio and Television) Prague-Vokovice
Description:

Black-and-white vacuum tube TV camera. It could be equipped either with a Supericonoscope or Image Orthicon tube. As no zoom lens were available at that time, the camera uses a rotating carousel which could hold four lens with different focal length. The cameraman could select the appropriate lens and the carousel motorically moved the lens to place. These cameras were used in a Škoda 706 RTO production truck.