1973 Panasonic WV-2100P two-tube color studio camera

This was one of the first color studio cameras designed for low cost industrial/educational use, with high performance. The system is in two pieces, the camera head, and the CCU, which is very large due to it containing almost all the camera electronics. All camera controls are on the CCU. The camera with lens weighs 22 pounds, and the CCU weighs 30 pounds. The camera mates to the CCU with a 27-pin cable. In the case of this camera, both tubes are in the horizontal position, stacked on top of each other. The tube on the bottom is the luminance/green tube, and the tube on the top is the chrominance (red/blue) tube. A beam splitter splits the green light into the luminance tube, and the red and blue light up into the chroma tube. This was the most expensive of Panasonic's industrial color camera line of the time, the original price being $5,500. It was intended to be high performance with ease of use. On the back there's a 4.5 inch viewfinder, with brightness & contrast knobs, and an intercom jack. There were many different options for zoom lenses: A zoom rod lens, cable controlled lens, motorized lens, or a manual zoom lens.