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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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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We wanted to take a moment to bid a fond farewell to the Fox Grandeur camera, Mitchell FC #8, which has found a perfect new home at the John Wayne Birthplace Museum in Winerset, Iowa. There are a few camera projects that I have loved working on and hate to see leave, but it’s more
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A few weeks ago, an old friend of mine, Bob Bailey, reconnected with me and asked if I could help him re-home a Mitchell NC camera that he has been holding on to. Bob shot plates and 2nd unit for several movies with this camera, which he acquired from my professor and mentor Peter Gibbons.
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To honor the 249th birthday of our country, we hearken back to a time when we fought the rise of fascism rather than welcomed it in. One of the ways in which the United States pursued this fight during World War II was with the Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit, also known as
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Recently, my friend and long-time client Ben Ziryab asked if I could diagnose a rough spot in the drive of this Fries Engineering-built VistaVision camera. This camera is based on a Mitchell VistaVision movement that has been installed in a custom Fries camera body with custom electronics. When this camera arrived, it had a profound
When last we talked, I shared with you a collection of lenses that were used by visual effects master David Allen. With the exception of one particularly stubborn zoom lens, I have finished cleaning, lubricating, and collimating all of the lenses I shared. This week I promised to give you a look at one of
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I am out of town for a couple of days this week at my daughter’s wedding, but I didn’t want to leave you all without a post. While I am away, I thought we might revisit the fascinating Mitchell FC 70mm Fox Grandeur camera. We recently passed the 94th anniversary of the release of the
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I acquired this Fries 35R3 camera as part of a retired cinematographer’s kit and held onto it for a while to play with it as it just had so many lens mounts! Now that my curiosity is satisfied, I began to go through the camera to make it ready for sale. The interesting thing I
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