The French Connection
Thanks to Jorge Delendatti, our friend in France, here is another early Thomson camera at work. Designed and made in France, one of Thomson’s distinguishing features through the 1950s and 60s were the lifting handles they added to their cameras. Here, you can see them under the chassis with a thoughtful detente in the center for the hand hold.
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October 3, 1955…”Captain Kangaroo” & “Mickey Mouse Club” Debut What a great day for kids! One new morning show and one new afternoon show! Above is the whole story of “The Mickey Mouse Club”…a 50 minute video, full of history and the story of how it came to be for ABC and Disney. At CBS, […]
New Video Tour – Ellerbee Camera Collection It’s been a couple of years since the last video tour, so here’s a new version. Last time, there were only 12 cameras on display…now there are 16 on display and that’s about all that my space can handle. To you pros, this may look a little crude, […]
“Stop looking at my va-jay-jay.” Gray’s Anatomy
The reason the handles have that ‘detente’ is so that when they are folded up, the two handles come together to form one hand-hold point.
I had four Thomson MC301’s.
…and how about that long focus handle ?