Here is the one of two very rare lenses donated to the Pavek Museum…this one is a 27 element Zoomar long lens used at CBS Television City (the other lens is in the next post down on this page). Although Steve does not have the full history on these 2 great rarities, this one has the CBS markings. Congratulations Steve!
Now This Is Interesting! Introduction Of The Auricon Pro 1200 We don’t spend much time on film cameras here, but this is such an interesting piece of film, I thought you would like to see it. Thanks Steve Williams for sharing this. At first, I thought the “studio finder” was perhaps an electronic video camera […]
The Colbert Report This is the set in NEP’s Studio 54 in New York. It is a fully-equipped HD studio has: Sony HDC1450R cameras, Canon lenses, a Sony MVS-8000G Switcher, an Evertz Virtual Monitor Wall 162 Inputs, 5.1 Audio Monitoring, 24 channels of EVS, a variety of tape machines, SSL C100 Digital Audio Console w/ […]
Long Forgotten Production Tricks… Back in the early days of television, most local stations didn’t have the money for expensive “extras” like pedestals and dollies. Instead, they mounted cameras on wheeled tripods that they could use in the studio or in their remote unit, if they had one. Among the early staples of local daytime […]
Zoomar 3 This image from the June 1949 issue of American Cinematographer, shows Zoomar lens creator Dr. Frank Back (pointing) with Kukla, Ollie and puppeteer Burr Tilstrom. Zoomar lenses first appeared in 1947. This is the Zoomar Field Lens. Source