[QuadList] QuadList Digest, Vol 71, Issue 19

[Steve White]

... except, of course, the iris really wants to be at the back of the 
lens.  It's a mystery.


On 5/6/14, 6:31 PM, Steve White wrote:
>
>
> Great pictures!
>
> Agreed, it is a bit of a mystery:
>
> - Not sure what the camera is focused on ... would appear not to be 
> the model
> - Based upon the other cameras, the bottom turret port does not appear 
> to be the active one.
> - Presume the lens with a sunshade is the widest one.  Wonder if that 
> is the active port?
> - The cable is beefy, perhaps coax; at least one connector appears to 
> be UHF.
> - The device appears to be attached to or hanging off of the lens.
> - Lots of slack in the cable would permit the turret to rotate.
> - One of the tally lights is missing its red lens.
> - Perhaps not a microphone as turret rotation noise would be significant.
>
> With no room for a floor director on the platform, might it be a 
> speaker so the director can pass on directions?
>
> Else, I like the thought that it could be a remote light meter 
> sensor.  However, if pedestal and gain can be set back at the rack, why?
>
> Why couldn't it be a motorized iris, controlled remotely?  Would come 
> in handy outdoors; gets my vote.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
>
> On 5/6/14, 5:44 AM, Brian Summers wrote:
>> This has been an interesting thread, Thanks very for posting the pictures.
>>
>> The Gizmo on the lens is hard to identify, the lens is Not a zoon and the
>> attachment of the device at the front of the lens is wrong for any kind of
>> iris or focus drive.
>>
>> Looking carefully at the best resolution pics from Bob the cable does not
>> enter the camera? It seems to loop through one of the rear feet on the
>> camera base and head off down and else ware.
>>
>> It's a bit of a mystery, it could be a microphone or maybe a sensor for a
>> remote lightmeter, don't forget this is an experimental prototype camera and
>> the picture is a posed one rather than a real production use.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Brian Summers
>> Virtual Museum of the Broadcast TV Camera
>> Camberley,
>> England.
>>    
>> www.tvcameramuseum.org   
>> brian at tvcameramuseum.org  
>> Phone (+44) 01276677879
>>     
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