[QuadList] frost nixon film

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

very good  James ...  good to have   the record set straight.
 
that sequence  may have been shot    in  America - - I  will see if  I  can 
 find   out.  
 
 
 
 
ok  an an odd side issue...   many of us are trying to  figure  which  
country the GEICO  Gecko is  from...
check     the accent on 
_http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=GEICO++Gecko+nation&aq=f_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=GEICO++Gecko+nation&aq=f) 
 
there is also  an ad out on tv  where they are cliff hanging us  as to the 
critters nationality.
 
 
 
In a message dated 6/8/2010 12:46:19 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
james at oldtvgear.com writes:

Just downloaded the frost nixon movie
 
The scenes supposed to be in australia were factually very incorrect so  
far as the tv equipment is concerned.
 
The ATN7 scenes i wonder if were shot in america....ATN7 never used  
Norelco/philips cameras, they Marconi MKIII orthicon cameras
and the later MKIV,  If this scene was supposed to be shot in 1974,  color 
television hadnt even been officially introduced yet,  but the  studios
were possibly just installed with the Marconi MKVIII color cameras which  
were used right up until around 1990
 
We never had norelco cameras in OZ, they were late 60's color american  
cameras thus we didnt have a use for them, however a couple were
bought for color demos in melbourne in 1968, however they were all  
rebadged under the name "philips" and this was only by HSV7
 
when we went to color, if we used american cameras it was the RCA  TK45
 
The transmission as if it were live in color  is doubtful...we still  were 
importing a lot of 16mm kine recordings of us news which i think
came from VISNEWS, and were horribly crap quality but go around the  
standards conversions. Was satellite or b-mac even around then?
 
I must also point out the had to laugh at horrible australian accent, its  
totally rubbish - never heard anyone speak like that here...sounds more like 
 an english accent
and a cringe to hear....lol
 
 
 
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  _COURYHOUSE at aol.com_ (mailto:COURYHOUSE at aol.com)  
To: _quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com_ 
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Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 5:23  PM
Subject: Re: [QuadList] Western  Australia TV--Look for the RCA 
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James... that is not  what  you want....  this  guy  probably took it hard  
for the  following
 
modified in New York and converted to Super 16  format. The camera was also 
modified to PL mount and and can thus use all  professional Super 16 
lenses. It has also been outfitted with a B&W  video tap.
 
 
 
if  you  get a plain old... shoot the news  camera   much cheaper... if  it 
is a cp-16-a  cheaper yet.  
 
We have an A model  would love and  R  but  do  not care about all the mods 
 this  guy paid  for...  no  doubt it kicks ass  but.... Hell I  do not 
want to shoot   film..
 
note mention about the video pick off though.... ah!!!!  shoots  both film 
and video??? maybe  this  would be cool!
 
you can look  like a cool  film shooter while enjoying the  ease of  video!
 
ED#.
 
In a message dated 6/7/2010 11:50:29 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
scottgfx at mac.com writes:

Wow, just looked on Ebay. An entire CP16 kit. Only $5,000.


_http://cgi.ebay.com/CP-16R-Super-16-SYNC-film-camera-w-video-tap-PL-Mount-/
280509501227?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item414fab4f2b#ht_974wt_1139_
 
(http://cgi.ebay.com/CP-16R-Super-16-SYNC-film-camera-w-video-tap-PL-Mount-/280509501227?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item414fab4f2b#ht_974wt_1139
) 


Perhaps someday, my Ampex Betacam SP kit will be worth as much... Not  
likely. :)


Scott


On Jun 8, 2010, at 2:25 AM, James Paterson wrote:



Yes they hired two CP16 's from elsewhere  for that particular scene, these 
were not from my  collection
 
(as much as I'd love to own one, they are  considered very valuable still 
as as such the prices they ask are out of  my reach!)
 
I have numerous photographs from some of  the shoots with my equipment in 
use, i will publish these once the move  goes to air
 
james







 
Thanks,



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