This series of photographs are of an unrestored Pye Mk5 camera, shown with all it's scratches and corrosion. This is head serial number 131 dated to about 1960/1. Unfortunately the viewfinder tube and scan coils are missing.....

This is a fairly big camera, weighty too. It used conventional construction techniques with plug in chassis for each function, scans, amplifier, viewfinder, etc. At this time its contemporary rivals from Marconi and EMI were offering slimmer and lighter cameras using printed circuit boards.