Thanks for your consideration. This effort is not as much about learning more about your Mitchell as it is about keeping these precision clockwork survivors preserved and acknowledged. Registration gives you at least one factual document that validates the province of a camera other than hearsay whi...

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Primordial???

Gawd but you have to luv spell Chuck!

ED.

Primordial,

Sent you a PM.

Mk1= 53. (1-4 marked as “never built”)
Mk2/a (100- 268) = 168 (Serial numbers not continuous)
System 35 (101-382) = 281 ( “ )

Total = 502

Just saw this post. Here is a basic timeline with serial numbers: The (Mk1) R35 first serial number was #5 (it appears the first 4 were design tests in some form) that was in 1961. A total of 53 were built. The last one was serial number 59 in early 1962. The R35 Mk II was a redesign of the original...

Yes. I do believe Ken Stone has one. I have seen one recently on eBay maybe from Wayne Goldwyn.... Have you investigated registering? Most often we have the date of sale and the original buyer on file. You get a nice certificate, the list is an international registration and the registration fee is ...

Yes on the Mk1& 2's. Both were designed for the NC mags which were thicker for sound usage. NC mags come only in 1K size because of sound. You could use standard mags and 400' on NC's and Sr35' s with an insert shim called a fork. The projection light through the viewer is a feature used on rostrum ...

Sorry, It took some time to shoot and format pictorial description answer to your question. Did not include 70mm FC camera dimensions as a bit of overkill.I have a set of vistaVision magazines but not the camera. ED

On the bench currently is BNC305 which was converted to an Nc-R at some point. I am in the process of taking it back to its original configuration (parts willing). A blimp to put it into to verify would be a plus. ED. 276E0381-677B-40AA-9D29-D2BCAF7280A4.jpeg 7A1FE805-DB9B-4AEF-B5AF-E3B45D05D167.jpeg