[rollei_list] Re: Weegee's strange rolleiflex !

  • From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:50:10 -0400

I'll defer to you Richard but that looks like no blimp I have ever
seen and sure doesn't inspire a lot of confidence that it would do
much...

Eric Goldstein

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On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>    I agree that its probably a blimp. However, the Mitchell IS in a blimp,
> the lid is lifted to get access to the magazine. The camera is an NC and the
> blimp looks like maybe its a Raby but there were a lot of different designs
> and makers. NC's were supposed to be noisless but certainly were not. They
> have fiber gears in a couple of places wich made them quieter than the
> Standard but not enough to be used on a set without some sound-proofing. The
> NC was the mainstay of the movie industry for over twenty years and there
> are still many of them going.
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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