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"Pan & Tilt Heads" equipment. |
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SACHTLER K5302
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from the full 1960's to the full 2000's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
Gyro-dampened pan and tilt head for Arriflex cameras with vertical motors. Addition plate also mounts standard bases. Superb engineering
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Vinten Mk5
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from the full 1960's to the full 1980's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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2 specimens available |
Lightweight pan head from Vinten.
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RCA MI 26205B
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from the beginning of 1950's to the beginning of 1970's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
Unique in the UK, a complete RCA friction pan & tilt head with tripod (type TD 11A) and dolly (type TD 15A). This friction head type was used extensively in American monochrome tv stations and also on 'remotes' with the tripod and dolly combination which folded for easy transportation. 'Low cost' tv studios also used the tripod and dolly as an alternative to a pedestal. Manufactured by Houston-Fearless, the RCA pan head & dolly was used for over twenty five years (and may indeed still be running around somewhere). Larger picture shows the Dolly/Skid folded.
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Vinten Mk 3
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from the end of 1950's to the full 1990's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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12 specimens available |
Still in use somewhere, the innovative Vinten Mk 3 Pan & Tilt head used risers and cams only (no fluids) to maintain the centre of gravity. This made the tilting of heavy cameras relatively easy. Indeed, if correctly mounted, a camera could be left at any tilt angle without lock off. Our picture shows designer Bill Vinten inspecting an example of his invention.
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Vinten Mk 2
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full 1950's decade |
Type: |
Pan & Tilt Heads |
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4 specimens available |
The Vinten Mk 2 pan head used compression springs to moderate the tilt angle. This large pan head was also devised as a 'duo-pan head' with added pan & tilt control wheels similar to a cradle head. The Vinten Mk 2 pan head was used in 1950s tv studios until the very much better Mk 3 came along.
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MILLER UNIVERSAL
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from the full 1960's to the beginning of 1980's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
Light weight fluid drag pan head, 75mm bowl fitting usually on a Miller Tripod. Useful for 16mm or ENG cameras.
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Films & Equipments Pan head
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from the full 1950's to the full 1960's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
Small friction pan and tilt head, used with Auricon or Arriflex ST cameras during the 1950s & 1960s.
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Ronford-Baker Fluid 4
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from the end of 1970's to the full 1990's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
The 'Fluid 4 Variable Camera Head' consists of two sealed fluid units which, by the use of 'on-off' levers can be varied from a cushioned free head to the heaviest control required. Tilt range 60 degs. Used by film and ENG crews
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MANFROTTO 116 Mk3
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from the full 1970's to the full 2000's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
Nice, sturdy Italian-made tripod and pan head. In some ways superior to an equivalent Vinten product. Large and easy to fit slide-on camera plate. Self locking legs, height adjustment and removable rubber feet. Tilt stay. Very smooth action all round.
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Ernest Moy Ltd CRADLE HEAD
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from the full 1940's to the full 1980's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
Large 16" inch 'cradle' pan and tilt head from Moy of London. Used by film studios worldwide. Also special effects work and stop motion animation. Our example ex-BBC Television. Company History: Established by Ernest Francis Moy (c1869-1926) and Percie Henry Bastie in 1895 to manufacture fuses, circuit breakers and switches; from 1897 began establishing cine equipment patents, even producing films through the off-shoot company Cinematograph Co. Produced first cine camera with daylight loading in 1900, the Moy and Bastie camera; by 1911 Moy cameras in use by film makers worldwide.
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MITCHELL Model BB
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from the full 1940's to the full 1980's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
Manufactured in Glendale California, this pan head is numbered 91. Much copied, the Mitchell movie camera pan and tilt head has no equal and our example is in full working condition. Tension springs help moderate the 'tilt'.
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Vinten Mk 7
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from the full 1980's to the full 2000's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
The Mk 7 Vinten pan & tilt head was the culmination of the 'gravity' balanced system using cams and risers to achieve a tilt 'without effort'. The Mk 7 pan head is still in use worldwide. Say no more.
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Vinten LIGHT GYRO TRIPOD
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from the end of 1940's to the full 1960's |
Type: |
Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
Light Vinten version of their gyroscopic pan and tilt head range. This pan head was suitable for use with smaller 35mm cameras such as the Newman Sinclair, Eyemo or Arriflex 35mm. The gyroscope system- for both pan and tilt-was useful for smoothing out camera actions when using long lenses. Our example has been fully restored.
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Vinten AVOCET 70
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from the full 1970's to the full 1990's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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2 specimens available |
Nicely balanced and compact pan and tilt head from Vintens. Good for ENG work, which is for what it was designed.
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MAX KILLI KM
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from the full 1950's to the full 1980's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
Robust German pan and tilt head plus wooden extending tripod from Max Killi (KM) of Munchen. 1950s. Standard wedge fitting. Rather bouncy and unrefined spring tilt mechanism. This equipment was used mainly by European tv and film studios. Not seen in the UK.
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Films & Equipments Pan Head
Period: |
from the end of 1940's to the beginning of 1960's |
Type: |
Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
British-built pan & tilt head with spring tension. Designed originally for film work, used subsequently during the 1950s for tv cameras, especially on o.b.s. Larger image shows the pan head on a MOY tripod
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RCA MI26203-A
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from the full 1960's to the beginning of 1970's |
Type: |
Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
This cradle head, manufactured by Houston Fearless was used by RCA TK 10A/11A studio cameras. The cradle head was smooth in operation but limited in tilt angle
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Vinten VISION 5
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from the full 1980's to the full 2000's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
Smallest of the VINTEN VISION range of balanced pan and tilt heads, our well-used example comes with a single stage tripod. All lightweight but sturdy. Popular choice for ENG work
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DEBRIE Pan head
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from the full 1940's to the full 1950's |
Type: |
Pan & Tilt Heads |
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2 specimens available |
Classic French Debrie pan and tilt head, developed for the film industry but used in the 1950s by European and British tv companies. Balanced via three springs to dampen the tilt.
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LIBEC H100
Period: |
full 2000's decade |
Type: |
Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
Libec H100 (H-100) Fluid Head with PH-7 Pan Handle. The
H100 is Libec's first full-scale EFP head. It can hold up
to 25kg/55lb and is equipped with a unique continuous
counterbalance system that secures the optimum balance for
the weight and tilt angle of the camera. Its unique drag
system supports a wide range of professional needs such as
capturing slow movement from a high speed subject, and
shooting in -30C°/ -22F° degree environment. It also has
an LED so that horizontal lines may be seen in the dark.
The one-touch sliding plate slides 50mm/2" forward and
back. This easy-to-attach device together with the
counterbalance system provides a very smooth camera
balance adjustment. Together with a heavy duty tripod or
pedestal, it also supports a wide range of shooting needs
in the EFP field.
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Ernest Moy Ltd TRIPOD
Period: |
from the beginning of 1940's to the full 1960's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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2 specimens available |
A restored MOY wooden heavy duty camera tripod. This tripod has been re-painted in typical 'Technicolor' blue livery as this tripod was used originally by the Technicolor company in the UK. The tripod is marked 'Technicolor Ltd No.19'
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Vinten J Gyro
Period: |
from the full 1940's to the full 1950's |
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Pan & Tilt Heads |
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1 specimens available |
Vinten J Gyro head. This model had been adapted to fit a flat
top tripod.
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Vinten SWAN POST HEAD
Period: |
from the end of 1970's to the full 1990's |
Type: |
Pan & Tilt Heads |
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5 specimens available |
The SWAN POST HEAD was designed in the late 1970s by Bill Vinten and Ted Galione. The object was to pivot a cameras' centre of gravity at the side, enabling a wide tilt range. This principle was not a particular hit with cameramen who preferred the usual top-mounted pan and tilt head. Our Post Head examples were used by Thames Television.
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