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Picture Parade 4…White Shoes And Color News
This is the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami. Pictured with Mike Wallace is the governor of Florida, Miss Florida and an overloaded cameraman. That hefty bundle is the Norelco PCP 90 with a 35 pound camera and a 25 pound back pack transmitter. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
Norelco seemed to always style cameras with square lens shrouds.
The manual I had called the early Norlco’s Hand helds “Little Shaver” not kidding. I worked that same convention for ABC and we used the 2 tube Ampex camera “Handi Lookie”.Peaches
We had a PCP-90 at WRET in Charlotte in 1977. It was used to shoot wrestling in the studio. We also used it to shoot this tour of the station late one night (I’m the ‘host’ of the video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAp1Q7BTUxQ&list=UUA2EohsdZUfghPn9ijrBvzA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JAWv7SLLdo&list=UUA2EohsdZUfghPn9ijrBvzA
Looks like he is wearing braces on his legs … or maybe that is an arm rest ….
Another great pic, thanks Bobby!
Like working inside a microwave oven.
Oh yea!!!…..A PCP90..nothing but a PC70 cut in half….sheesh!
For a moment, I thought that was Pat Boone
Was that the porta-Pak nicknamed the “Creepy-Peepe?”
If you go into the CBS Broadcast Center in NY on of those is on display in the lobby area.
No creepy peepy?
The original Go Pro!
That CBS font is so timeless.
Looks pretty well balanced compared to some Philips and BTS cameras I’ve used.
Yeah—what Russell said: This is a PCP-90. Still will send you to the chiropractor after a few hours!
I wonder about the radiation of the transmitter on his back…
I am sure the cameraman had to worry about framing his shots, and not show the signage of the competition in the background.
You can almost hear the vertibrae compressing…
I remember the PCP 70….. the PCP 90 wasn’t that much better as far as weight.
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