Mitchell VistaVision Butterfly Camera

$60,000
Item #C14406

Mitchell 8-perf pull across VistaVision camera, originally introduced in 1956 as the light-weight, hand-held VistaVision camera. Nicknamed the butterfly camera because of the configuration of the magazines, the light-weight VistaVision camera was first used on the 1956 feature film "The Mountain", starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, and Claire Trevor. Over the years, this butterfly camera evolved to include a Fries Engineering spinning mirror reflex system, video tap, Energy Products crystal motor, swing-away matte box, and a Nikon lens mount, making this camera even more production friendly. The camera continues to employ its always reliable Mitchell movement, which features 3-pin registration and dual 4-pin pull-down claw. After being rescued from a garage where it had been sitting for a very long time, this camera and its accessories have been thoroughly cleaned, serviced, and brought back to shooting condition once more. You can see more about our work cleaning this camera package up on our blog: post 1, post 2, post 3, post 4, post 5.

This camera features:

• Mitchell VistaVision light-weight hand-held camera body
• four 1000' magazines
• four 400' magazines
• Nikon lens mount
• Sony XC57 video tap
• Fries Engineering spinning mirror reflex viewfinding system
• Energy Productions company 30V DC crystal motor with 24 and 25 fps crystal speeds, variable speed from 4 fps to 32 fps, and external control jack
• time-honored Mitchell compensating link movement features 3 registration pins and a dual 4-pin pull-down claw
• Cinema Products swing-away matte box
• two 30V battery chargers
• clip-on matte box
• cables and cases