by cwstratn » Fri Nov 01, 2019 8:27 pm
Ed,
Thanks for the additional bio information on yourself. It's interesting to learn how people arrive at a certain place in their careers. I started life as photojournalist and combat photographer in Vietnam. When I returned from the war, I was hired as a full-time staff photographer on the San Jose Mercury News. I spent my weekends working for UPI and AP, mostly covering professional sports events in the Bay Area.
After five years of covering everything from fires to plane hijackings to presidents and NFL games, I became sort of disenchanted with still photography and moved to L.A. to become involved in cinematography which I felt would offer more of a challenge. I wanted to restrict myself exclusively to shooting feature films as Director of Photography, but found myself shooting commercials, documentaries and corporate films, in addition to a few features.
Later, as video cameras began to improve, I started shooting (and yes, editing in the Avid) more video-based productions, although my heart was always in film!
I'm retired now and living on the Central Oregon Coast where I have a screening room that needed some "Hollywood" flavor in the form of a Mitchell camera. That's why I bought the camera from Seawood photo. It was the first camera I had seen that was offered in such a complete state. I hope I didn't make a huge mistake!
If you think that registering my camera might possibly help some other folks on this forum, then I'll gladly do it. I can also send photos of the Mitchell "acorn" emblem, the inside, showing the camera movement, and any other close-ups you think might be helpful,although the Seawood Photo shots show most of the detail. Again, I'm just not sure exactly what this is that I have. It seems to have all genuine Mitchell parts and accessories, but now I'm concerned it's not a Mitchell NC at all!
Wow, you've been able to collect a lot of interesting stuff! Is that a BNC I see behind you? And is it sitting on a Worrall gear head? I've used Worralls and Mitchell gear heads on every feature and commercial I've ever shot. I prefer them to fluid heads for most kinds of shots!
Please let me know how I should proceed to register my camera. Should I just follow the instructions listed under "Camera Registration"?
Thanks Ed!
Chris
Ed,
Thanks for the additional bio information on yourself. It's interesting to learn how people arrive at a certain place in their careers. I started life as photojournalist and combat photographer in Vietnam. When I returned from the war, I was hired as a full-time staff photographer on the San Jose Mercury News. I spent my weekends working for UPI and AP, mostly covering professional sports events in the Bay Area.
After five years of covering everything from fires to plane hijackings to presidents and NFL games, I became sort of disenchanted with still photography and moved to L.A. to become involved in cinematography which I felt would offer more of a challenge. I wanted to restrict myself exclusively to shooting feature films as Director of Photography, but found myself shooting commercials, documentaries and corporate films, in addition to a few features.
Later, as video cameras began to improve, I started shooting (and yes, editing in the Avid) more video-based productions, although my heart was always in film!
I'm retired now and living on the Central Oregon Coast where I have a screening room that needed some "Hollywood" flavor in the form of a Mitchell camera. That's why I bought the camera from Seawood photo. It was the first camera I had seen that was offered in such a complete state. I hope I didn't make a huge mistake!
If you think that registering my camera might possibly help some other folks on this forum, then I'll gladly do it. I can also send photos of the Mitchell "acorn" emblem, the inside, showing the camera movement, and any other close-ups you think might be helpful,although the Seawood Photo shots show most of the detail. Again, I'm just not sure exactly what this is that I have. It seems to have all genuine Mitchell parts and accessories, but now I'm concerned it's not a Mitchell NC at all!
Wow, you've been able to collect a lot of interesting stuff! Is that a BNC I see behind you? And is it sitting on a Worrall gear head? I've used Worralls and Mitchell gear heads on every feature and commercial I've ever shot. I prefer them to fluid heads for most kinds of shots!
Please let me know how I should proceed to register my camera. Should I just follow the instructions listed under "Camera Registration"?
Thanks Ed!
Chris