A vidicon type camera tube comprising a beam current control section including a thermionic cathode, a first grid having an aperture of diameter d.sub.1, a second grid having an aperture of diameter d.sub.2 and a beam disc having a diaphragm of diameter d.sub.3 disposed at a distance of l along the tube axis from the second grid. The tube further comprises a main lens section constituted of cylindrical electrodes. The diameters d.sub.1, d.sub.2 and d.sub.3 and the distance l are so determined that the value of (d.sub.2 /l)(d.sub.3 /d.sub.1).sup.2 may lie in the range where the difference of the effective cathode loading is positive.