Video Cameras: Theory and Servicing

There is a need for literature which describes the technology of television cameras in an understandable language. This book was written to fulfill that need.
-Learn about beam focus and deflection. Examine the elements of image conversion.
-Read the characteristics and construction of a Vidicon tube and then learn about the other pickum tubes (Plumbicons, Saticons and Chalnicons).
-Follow the discussion of lenses and light values, of signal processing, of black and white camera adjustments, of encoders and sync generators, of preamps and gamma correction, and of automatic light control from the technician's point of view.
-Read of color dissectors and learn about camera alignment (for both single-tube and three-tube cameras).
Finally, since no technical book is complete without a few troubleshooting hints, some explanations for flicker, excessive noise, poor resolution, color shading, deflection problems, and lens problems, etc. are given in the last chapter. All these explanations are designed to give you, the technician, a better understanding of video cameras and to provide a foundation for the many technical camera manuals that abound.