[QuadList] ESPN had an interesting 3D camera at Fiesta Bowl in AZ USA last nightI will do a

[Dennis Degan]

		On Jan 2, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Randy Hall wrote:

 > The guy with the backpack reminds me of the old PC-90s. I think  
that is the number, the Philips early portable with the backpack.

		I offer:

	The PC-90 was a studio camera.  The PCP-90 was its 'portable' cousin,  
using a camera head, lens, and viewfinder connected by umbilical cable  
to its backpack.  Both the camera head (w lens/VF, etc.) and the  
backpack weighed about 45 pounds . . . . EACH.  Generally, cameramen  
(and they were in those days men; I know of no women who operated  
them) would have a roll-around cart for the backpack to avoid having  
to strap it to their backs.  Either that or another person would carry  
it separately.  The cameraman carried only the camera head on a  
shoulder . . . . for short periods of time.
	Here's a video we shot at WRET-TV in Charlotte, NC one night in 1977  
using a PCP-90.  The backpack was stationed on a chair and we used an  
extra-long umbilical to enable our touring pretty much the whole TV  
station.  The tour is in two parts:
		Part 1 - <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAp1Q7BTUxQ>
		Part 2 - <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JAWv7SLLdo>
	Even without lugging around the backpack, I can assure you from my  
shooting the video that this camera is HEAVY and can quickly wear you  
out.

			Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
	  					NBC Today Show, New York