EEV IMAGE ORTHICON TUBE 1960 Hailed as "The faithful reporter! The mirror of our Times" in advertising literature, the EEV (English Electric Valve Co. Ltd.) Image Orthicon Tube was the most sensitive television camera tube in the world. Its importance lay in its ability to provide superior television pictures even at low light levels - especially useful for outside broadcasts. EEV is now e2v technolgies.
Design based on early GEC catalogue pages
The former GEC Archives Collection is now only available to view here on the web