Hello, everyone!
I should like to start off by saying I am not a security professional (I've been one in the past, but not on the hardware side, I wore the SG uniforms decades ago for various security firms). I am an amateur photographer and I am experimenting with video.
Which brought me here, because I have become interested in CCTV cameras which were intended for security use but which I would like to use for 'studio' work for a project I have in mind. Specifically, I am interested in vintage B&W CCTV cameras which use vidicon sensor tubes instead of CCD digital sensors. I realize that these devices are not considered the best security devices anymore, but for my uses, they may be just what I need.
I see that older B&W CCTV cameras such as the Panasonic WV series go begging on various auction websites; unsold for even a few dollars. That might be just the thing for me; but I'm interested in learning more. Perhaps there are reasons I do not understand why such devices would not be useful to me; but I presume that if they still work, their signals can be routed to my PC's capture card and stored in a digital format. I'd use the camera(s) as a sort of unattended 'studio' camera. I realize they don't have viewfinders like a traditional studio camera does, but I presume if I'm not moving the camera around, it would be something I could focus by experimentation and then leave alone anyway.
Anyway, my intent is to browse your discussion forum and perhaps ask a newbie question or two, hope you all don't mind.
Best,
Wiggy