Having mentioned the big scary robot-head style CCTV cameras that used to be in many shops in the 70's, it seemed appropriate to find one and take it to bits.
Sorry for the rogue autofocus. It appears that OpenCamera doesn't lock it when that function is selected.
Rather intriguingly, when I first moved the camera rotation mechanism which had clearly not moved in decades. It released a classic electromechanical smell from the freshly exposed grease.
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Sorry for the rogue autofocus. It appears that OpenCamera doesn't lock it when that function is selected.
Rather intriguingly, when I first moved the camera rotation mechanism which had clearly not moved in decades. It released a classic electromechanical smell from the freshly exposed grease.
If you enjoy this channel you can help support it with a dollar for coffee, cookies and big scary retro things at:-
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I think this design is actually really smart. The camera looks so fake, that it'll most likely convince everybody that there is no need to be afraid of it. Which would get them caught. Those who know there is a single camera inside, would still have a lot of trouble finding out which direction it is facing, and for the kids it's an effective scarecrow. This is a 5D Chess design!
They don’t make old surveillance cameras 🎥 anymore.
Who remembers the ceiling Dalek cameras in C&A in the 1970s?
Interesting that Mark Mercer has commented on this vid Big Dude! Don't know why! … but I so want that big resistor xxx TFS, GB 🙂
It must be one of those potato cameras with an imaginary 8K quality 😳🤣🤣🤣🤣
Did you manage to get the real camera inside working? I bet it would be cool to see it running. 😀
I hope this thing is somewhere in your home monitoring things
I remember these cameras when I was a kid in the late 80/early 90s. Found them to be a bit intimidating.
IKEGAMI camera ! that's kinda up market isnt it ?
My god when you say vintage are you sure you're not looking for the word dinosaur how old is this thing couldn't be any earlier than what 1970s I think
Looks like something out of Star Wars, A New Hope.
Cool gadget. The talk of hiding cameras and which are real reminds me of a lingering idea I've had to have a complete very large in your face system of good looking dummy cameras (none real) maybe even with a holes designed into its view but then have a separate hidden security camera system with extra coverage in any designed in holes. That way the know nothing crook sees lots of cameras and skips, the better crook things he sees how to avoid them but gets caught out by the hidden real system when they think they have avoided or disabled the (actually fake) cameras, and hopefully the true expert crook sees both systems and decides you are a little too complex and too on the ball and moves on to greener pastures rather than risk missing a hidden camera or other security systems, there are lots of easier targets out there.
Not sure I'll ever see it implemented, but it would be an interesting tactic to make things harder on the bad guys.
Wow sturdy frame and gubbings in this thing, though the outer shell is verily flimsy. I noticed the frame metal sheets are pot riveted together too. Chunky chip micro-switches and relays with other RS components of the day. Mark's PCB looks great with the large etched tracks traced around it. Great to see the mech stood the test of time and is still working. You didn't say, but was the actual camera still working too, as I would like to know if it does.
wow! super cool old, very old retro security beasty,.Very fun, wonder what the camera make was? old circuit board, wonder what its build year was. definitely a menacing look once upon a time.
Your opening dialogue made me laugh. "Hey BigClive, what's that ya got?" 🤣🤣
That looks like a Star wars emitter. Or laser eliminator. Just saying
Hi Clive! I am astonished at the interest you have generated in my 1970's baby! Does it have a serial number stamped on the aluminium casting? If not, it was made in the garden shed at the back of my home, where I first started.
Cameras in those days were always supplied by the installers, usually Hitachi or Ikegami with monochrome Videcon Tubes. (I could not afford to stock cameras!)
The units most observers have seen and commented on were actually quite a bit bigger than the one you have assessed and would pan, tilt, zoom and focus those large old fashioned cameras. You would be very intrigued to take one of them to bits. I have been retired over a decade now and have enjoyed indulging in a little nostalgia over my pioneering days!