Happy Halloween! To celebrate, we return to the ghost of a project that I never had a chance to finish. Back in the beginning of 2022 I began work on restoring Mitchell Standard #46, one of the oldest Mitchell cameras I have had the “pleasure” to work on. I say this with a grain of […]
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Arriflex 35 II B spinning mirror reflex 35mm camera with standard three position turret featuring ARRI standard lens mounts and sitting on a Birns & Sawyer flatbase with a variable speed motor. The camera comes complete with a matte box and a non-reversible 400’ magazine. So influential was the Arriflex 35 series of cameras, that
A fascinating new Mitchell camera came into my shop last week. It’s in absolutely horrendous condition, but I have saved cameras in worse shape. This camera is a Mitchell Standard with the silenced gear on the movement and a phenolic bull gear. The camera turned out to be #356, and some quick research told us
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The Mitchell KF8 is a 35mm aircraft reconnaissance camera built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. The camera body is based on the design of the Mitchell GC/Standard but adapted to capture high speed reconnaissance motion pictures from the nose cone of an aircraft. The viewfinder and L-base were omitted from the design,
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A future project, fresh from the warehouse! This Mitchell BNCR has been waiting patiently for its turn to be cleaned, lubricated, and restored. Recently it has been moved into our showroom and we hope to start work on it in the coming months. It is a wonderful example of a spinning mirror reflexed Mitchell BNCR
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It is rare in the used equipment business to find cinema gear like this that is virtually unused. A few years ago we acquired a moving truck full of cameras and other amazing production tools. In amongst these treasures was this Mitchell Camera Company accessory case filled with Mitchell Standard accessories, including a complete matte
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During the steady and scratch test on this Fries VistaVision camera, the operator noticed an unusual noise. The camera was brought to me so I could take a look. What I discovered was that the camera had been in storage for a while, and the lubrication in the shutter and spinning mirror assemblies had dried
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At long last, the final repairs on the ARRI 35 BL 2 are complete! As anyone who has taken the motor cover off any of the 35 BL cameras knows, the gasket that goes between the motor housing and the camera body always disintegrates when it is taken apart. To replace it, I made a
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Recently I shared this amazing Mitchell NC camera with the most unusual follow focus system I have seen in a long time. The camera came here with the idea that I would find it a new home. To begin assessing its condition, I tried to turn the camera over by hand. This was not possible
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It has been a few weeks since my last update on the ARRI 35 BL 2. Since then, the Mitchell FC Fox Grandeur and VistaVision Butterfly cameras have both gone on to wonderful new homes. I was busy getting them both ready for the last little while, plus working on other projects, but now I’m
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