The RCA Tape Cartridge Recorder: TCR 100
First introduced at the NAB in 1969, the TCR 100 was a real breakthrough in tape handling and even received an Emmy. It could play tapes from :20 to 3:00 in length automatically which finally did away with having to juggle several reel to reel machines in each stop set.
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The Over – Under: This is the latest from Chapman for football coverage. Here ESPN cameras are mounted on an Olympian sideline crane on a modified T formation with one above the other. Both platform turrets have 360 movement that the operator ‘walks’ to the angle they want with their feet, similar to the European […]
The Daily Show With John Stewart This is the Daily Show set at NEP’s Studio 52 in New York. This 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 […]
The Angenieux Electronic Zoom For Turret Cameras: 1962 As you can see, this is quite a beast. Usually, lenses this heavy would be mounted on a sled that also went under the camera to support the weight and help balance it. There is what looks like a shot box on the right pan handle, but […]
STOP THE PRESSES! GUESS WHO’S BACK!!! A few months back, I told you that the historic Chapman Electra Crane in NBC Studio 8H was being retired and replaced by a newer model…WELL GUESS WHAT! THE OLD CRANE IS BACK! The driver of the crane, Philip Pernice just told me that the turning radius on the […]