Varotal Mark III Field Lens

On September 10, 2012 - TV History

Varotal Mark III Field Lens

This is quite a big boy and I would imagine it took a bit of lead weighs on the pan handle to help balance this. A lot of operators mounted these upside down so they could move the zoom control to the left side of the camera, as the focus demand was built in on the right side. In most countries, most operators have the focus on the right and the zoom on the left and that’s a hold over from the 50s and 60s cameras. Here in the US, most cameras are setup with zoom demand right and focus left.

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4 Comments

  1. Eyes Of A Generation.com September 10, 2012

    Serge Bordeleau,you are right! Take a look here…half way down the page…http://www.eyesofageneration.com/Archives_Henry_Wright.php

  2. Chuck Pharis September 10, 2012

    Yes I have one complete with the original case and all the support equipment. It is too long to put in my display room! When I had it on display at NAB many years ago, it was mounted upside down.

  3. Bobby Reyes September 10, 2012

    …I’ve seen a photo of Walter Cronkite and JFK at the Kennedy compound, an outdoor interview, where one of the TK-30/31’s had this lens ..and I think Chuck Pharis has one of these lens’ !

  4. Albert J. McGilvray September 10, 2012

    Crude comments about, “….or are you glad to see me…” begin in 5-4-3…