AT LONG LAST! A Camera Retirement ‘Party’!

On August 9, 2013 - TV History


AT LONG LAST! A Camera Retirement ‘Party’!

The fine folks at WPEN in Green Bay, Wisconsin were thoughtful enough to give their HK 357s a fond farewell after 22 years of faithful service! I’ve never seen anything like this, have you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eZRjoFRWGc&feature=youtu.be

Andy Moore: “See this? It’s a camera. But not just any camera. It’s an Ikegami HK 357. It had a life expectancy of eight years when the station bought it. Th…

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11 Comments

  1. Jim Tolson August 10, 2013

    superceded by those Sonys. Soon to be replaced with handycams.

  2. Joseph Tannerbauer August 10, 2013

    …and made it through many rough years in the WHA-TV Remote Truck–one of the cameras (#3) tumbled down the end-zone bleachers at Camp Randall (football stadium for the Badgers), and we managed to still get it working for the game, though with a small monitor attached somehow to the top to replace the smashed viewfinder!!

  3. Charles Park Seward August 9, 2013

    I had two 357As. Great camera.

  4. Roger A Summers August 9, 2013

    Didn’t mention the replacement although I suspect it would be an HD camera. AND if they treat the new one well it may last half as long.

  5. Pierre Seguin August 9, 2013

    22 years !!! They must have been well maintained… Needless to say !

  6. Craig Marlowe August 9, 2013

    How cool was that boys and girls.

  7. Dave Perrussel August 9, 2013

    Of course the question is begging… what did they replace it with? I assume the station went HD at that time?

  8. Art Hackett August 9, 2013

    And actually the video is from the WHA-TV studios in Madison. Both stations, and four others, are part of the Wisconsin Public Television Network.

  9. Mark Heller August 9, 2013

    call sign is WPNE

  10. David Fell August 9, 2013

    Then they pulled the plug, and it died.

  11. Neil Bobrick August 9, 2013

    So who got the camera?