[QuadList] frost nixon film

[James Paterson]

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 
  To: quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 5:23 PM
  Subject: Re: [QuadList] Western Australia TV--Look for the RCA TRTdelaysystem


  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


    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

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