AT LONG LAST! A Camera Retirement ‘Party’!
The fine folks at WPEN in Green Bay, Wisconsin were thoughtful enough to give their HK 357s a fond farewell after 22 years of faithful service! I’ve never seen anything like this, have you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eZRjoFRWGc&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eZRjoFRWGcAndy Moore: “See this? It’s a camera. But not just any camera. It’s an Ikegami HK 357. It had a life expectancy of eight years when the station bought it. Th…
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So who got the camera?
Then they pulled the plug, and it died.
call sign is WPNE
And actually the video is from the WHA-TV studios in Madison. Both stations, and four others, are part of the Wisconsin Public Television Network.
Of course the question is begging… what did they replace it with? I assume the station went HD at that time?
How cool was that boys and girls.
22 years !!! They must have been well maintained… Needless to say !
Didn’t mention the replacement although I suspect it would be an HD camera. AND if they treat the new one well it may last half as long.
I had two 357As. Great camera.
…and made it through many rough years in the WHA-TV Remote Truck–one of the cameras (#3) tumbled down the end-zone bleachers at Camp Randall (football stadium for the Badgers), and we managed to still get it working for the game, though with a small monitor attached somehow to the top to replace the smashed viewfinder!!
superceded by those Sonys. Soon to be replaced with handycams.