New Ikegami to challenge the AF100?

Look! A real viewfinder! A shoulder pad! I like old school cameras.

Pity about the GF packs...they cost about as much as P2 cards, but they do sell a CF card adapter I think.
 
kgimedia said:
I used an old Ikegami tube camera as a prop once in school (circa '97). We were shooting with BetaCam and needed a camera for one of the actors playing the role of camera man. We could not get enough BetaCams and used the Ikegami. After 6 hours of shooting the actor/video student had to stop and go to see a Doctor because his back was majorly tweaked.
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At the high school where I teach, we have three old HL79Ds that were donated by a local TV station, and we mainly use them the same way. I also take one apart in my TV production class to show the kids what's inside. A student used one as a prop in a play once and didn't realize you were supposed to take the tripod plate off the bottom before putting it on your shoulder. He probably still has scars up there from carrying it around that way for a few hours!

- Greg
 
You haven't lived until you've covered a parade with a 3/4" SP boat anchor, an HL55 iwth AB blocks and a cast iron Sachtler hotpod. I think I still have creases in the top of my shoulder from carrying that pod. My chiro must have sensed a paradigm shift.
 
Now that you mention the BVP-30

Now that you mention the BVP-30

Dino said:
Yes, Sony had them over a barrel, although ultimately allowed licensing, hence the V55, too expensive, too late. They were ahead of their time with the Avid Editcam models, a product that people weren't ready for in a tape centric world. They didn't make their own CCD's, so were at the mercy of other vendors. I had HL-79D's and E's, tried the HL-95, but it had issues, so went to the Sony BVP-30, then BVW-400, D600's. Hope they can get some traction again. A corporate client of mine just redid their studio with Ikegami HD cameras.
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Strange I found someone that had experience with A BVP-30. I just bought one in darn near perfect shape for 58 bux..Not hi-jack the thread, (and feel free to just PM me) BUT I'd love to find out more about this ole cam. (I figure the flight case I got with it PLUS the Fuji lense are worth the price I paid). Going to burn everything straight to DVD and/or SD recorded on desktop.


Thanks
 
Dino said:
Haha! Maybe I should bid on it!! Make a great prop. Spent a lot of hours of my life registering those cameras--the E had "left linearity" controls! 1% of this forum would know what that meant.....
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Is that why you're known as Dino? Memories....I remember those days myself. We started with the HL-35 two piece Ikegami. Always got a kick out of the old Ikegami manuals that were barely decipherable. The HL designation stood for 'Handy Looky'. They were great cameras though!
 
The Ike manuals were actually pretty good if you were an engineer looking to realign the camera (which you really had to do every week or two to keep them in top shape). For operating it out in the field, yeah, not so much.

- Greg
 
Gweilo66 said:
You haven't lived until you've covered a parade with a 3/4" SP boat anchor, an HL55 iwth AB blocks and a cast iron Sachtler hotpod. I think I still have creases in the top of my shoulder from carrying that pod. My chiro must have sensed a paradigm shift.
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+1! Ilaughed @ the "boat anchor" :-)

I am sure the new Ike is worth its price.
 
Still have a 79E mounted atop a motion control rig. Great camera in its day. Of course, we spent $35K for it and that was only the beginning of $$ required. Made programs and money with it though!
 
Gweilo66 said:
You haven't lived until you've covered a parade with a 3/4" SP boat anchor, an HL55 iwth AB blocks and a cast iron Sachtler hotpod. I think I still have creases in the top of my shoulder from carrying that pod. My chiro must have sensed a paradigm shift.
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Those old cameras have probably put many a chiropractor's kids through college over the years.

- Greg
 
Still feeling the pounds I lugged around Europe and the US. And people complain about the Sony EX series weight! Downright light in comparison. Still have a couple of their studio monitors...still working after all these years.

I can't tell you how many NABs I have dropped into Ikegami's booth to see what new gear they have come up with, only to leave disheartened. Hard to believe they are still in business. Wish for them good luck.
 
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My long time favorite field production combo was an HL95 with an Ampex 1" reel recorder. Not your solo run and gun rig though. The Ampex was a finicky beast, but that combo shot superb video for its day when the other portable alternative was 3/4Umatic.
 
Bucknfl said:
HL79a, bvh500, chiropractor.
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I wish it had been just a chiropractor...it was 2 herniated disks and a Chemonucleolysis surgery to dissolve them. The old iki was a heavy workhorse. And of course you can forget the use of a small snippet of black panty hose between the lens and the sensor for that extra "pizazz".
Lightweight is cool, but I hear you about the viewfinder. Seems there will be many choices for large sensor cameras and I wonder if Scarlet will ever join the club?
 
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