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The three Panasonic MS5 cameras were donated to the station via a member {{unsure|(Kevin Bowman?)}} working for a company who were throwing them away as too old to be of any use. There are however significantly lighter than the [[Panasonic F10|F10s]] (despite having a SVHS tape transport onboard), and much less noisy in low light levels. | The three Panasonic MS5 cameras were donated to the station via a member {{unsure|(Kevin Bowman?)}} working for a company who were throwing them away as too old to be of any use. There are however significantly lighter than the [[Panasonic F10|F10s]] (despite having a SVHS tape transport onboard), and much less noisy in low light levels. | ||
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Their heritage as basically consumer video cameras upgraded with SVHS support has lead to some annoying reliability issues, mainly with the connections on the back of the cameras needed to connect them to studio umbilical cables. These are fitted with phono connectors for video output and a unique 3-pin connector for 12V power (and originally charging an internal battery). Both of these proved to be quite fragile, as well as the power connectors being unobtainable. | Their heritage as basically consumer video cameras upgraded with SVHS support has lead to some annoying reliability issues, mainly with the connections on the back of the cameras needed to connect them to studio umbilical cables. These are fitted with phono connectors for video output and a unique 3-pin connector for 12V power (and originally charging an internal battery). Both of these proved to be quite fragile, as well as the power connectors being unobtainable. | ||