New arrivals: From the Rocco Gioffre collection is a small cache of wonderful items, including some fascinating ancient Cinema Engineering relics I built long ago. In the back row you see a single frame animation motor with a motion control interface box, an RCA friction head with pan handle, some Baltar lenses, some Cooke Speed …
New this week: a not so vintage ARRIFLEX 435 Xtreme. This is an amazing piece of machinery that I had not put my hands on before this one came into the shop. The 435 Xtreme is the big brother of the 435, the 435 ES, and the 435 Advanced, combining and expanding upon the features …
Last week we showed you the 2-perf Arriflex II C, and thought this week it would be fun to show you the II B. Both of these cameras were skillfully converted to the 2-perf Techniscope format by my friend Daniil Nevskij. The Arri II B has all of the same features are the II C, …
Just in are an Arriflex IIB and IIC Techniscope camera. Shown here is the Arri IIC. For those who don’t know, Techniscope is a 2-Perf pull-down 35mm film format developed by Technicolor and introduced in the 1960s. This format is ideal for the budget-conscious filmmaker who wants to shoot widescreen without using anamorphic lenses. It …
New Arrival: Mitchell NC serial #239. This camera was originally purchased by the United States Army Air Corps in 1944. It looks to be in good condition upon our initial inspection. We would love to know what the Army Air Corps was using this camera for back in the 1940s.
