camera tube

camera tube

noun Television.
a cathode-ray tube that converts an optical image projected on its light-sensitive receptor surface into an electrical signal by a scanning process: used in television cameras.
Also called pickup tube.
Compare image tube.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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camera tube
 
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image orthicon vidicon Plumbicon See also iconoscope the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal

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