PHILIPS V100 1970'S BLACK AND WHITE VIDEO CAMERA TEST and Adjustments 

They certainly are. 🙂

It may help a little. From experience complete recaps have not worked for me in the past. I only replace leaking ones now. Sometimes I pull them out test and if they are with in 10% tolerance I put them back in.

It was certainly some inspiration from my youth lol 😜

Thanks 👍😊

Thanks for the information. Have you uploaded the footage you speak of. Would be interesting to see if form a historical point of view. I think my camera is just old and worn out. A miracle it works at all.

@@RetroGadgetMan the reel to reel video deck I have is a Philips EL3400. Sadly I don't dare power it up now. It's also worn out. When my dad worked at Philips we always had lots of tech. What I am surprised is the Video 2000 my dad brought home new still works fine. I know that many of them were plagued with problems. But, he use to say if people knew how to take care of them they would always work. But, like most consumer products people don't take care of things. I remember when in 1979 when I was 9 seeing a Philips N1500 he got earlier. But, this was only a test model from before it went to market in the early 70s. that one is long gone. I still have a couple of movies released on the N1500 format, but the tapes not are unplayable.

Wow that EL3400 is valved and weighs 45kg according to the rewind museum. A collectors item now. Nice to hear that bit of history.

Just looked it up. Unusual looking camera and multiple setups possible for inside and outside use. The CCU is larger than the Sony's from the same time period. I suspect most of the video circuits are in the CCU instead of the camera. Maybe one day I'll inspect the capacitors to see if they are operating within there tolerances. Couldn't see any leaks but they could be hiding.

Nice to hear from a previous owner of one of these. I thought the picture should be sharper.

@@RetroGadgetMan the persistence of the vidicon tube was more than I would have liked. It was a spur of the moment purchase when I saw one, new in box, a year or so after it was discontinued. Cost me £99 at the time.

@@Caroline_Tyler what year did you buy it.

@@RetroGadgetMan Early 80's I believe

I didn't notice one. Thanks for the info. Did you spot it in the video or have you worked on one of these.

@@RetroGadgetMan I worked on a lot of Philips equipment from this time period. This type of transformer with built in fuse was very common. Success with the repair.

@minimaxxl8 thanks. Before it blew there was a humming sound that wasn't there before. Fuses usually blow when something is wrong. I wonder if the windings have shorted out. I guess I'll find out when I find this fuse and replace it.

@@RetroGadgetMan therefor, check the bridge rectifier, might be shorted. Success.

Thanks for the info.

Ive got great heavy quarz standard 8 cine camera die cast

I used an inflation calculator online to get the results I mention in the video. But saying that it may as well have been £15k as it was unreachable to most people at the time.