A Prime Example Of Field Innovation…Can You Spot It?

A Prime Example Of Field Innovation…Can You Spot It?

Is it the well made cardboard viewfinder hood? No.
Is it the plastic over the cable connector? No agian. Look closer.

It’s the heating pad taped to the underside of the lens to keep the grease in the lens fluid. When you set up cameras that have to sit overnight in freezing weather, they are left on and have a cover over them, but when it’s really cold, you have to go the extra mile. By the way, the dual focus demands are rare on studio cameras but not uncommon at the time on long lens remote cameras. One is for back focus.

Thanks to Kathy Jenks Worster for this photo of Steve Cimino behind one of NBC’s 35 Norelco mobile cameras which were a huge embarrassment to RCA, but a godsend to viewers. Steve Cimino is now the Technical Director on ‘Saturday Night Live’, and his son Mike Cimino is a cameraman on ‘Tonight’. I had the pleasure of meeting them both while I was there earlier this year. Enjoy and share!

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