Hello Max
Yes
Mitchell BNC 356 had no slate mechanism at all.
BNC 356 rolled off the assembly line at the Mitchell factory in Dec 1967, according to Mitchell foreman
Chuck Mallory.
And in 1990 every BNC I tore down from an old Panavision auction had some kind of slate mechanism.
Cheers Bruce

Hey! Who is the very handsome camera operator is photo #2, is that one of you Bruce? My compliments to you. Tee hee, Monica of Tarzana Hello Monica ! Yes That is me ,directing and operating in Oct 2008 for my film series Project Lodestar Sagas Thanks for the compliment ,but.....I think the camera l...

Hello Wilson ! I hope my reply is in the proper placement . You have made an interesting point about the unmodified BNC 356 . The Key speculations as to why it was unmodified are 1-The era of auto internal slates was over .So no modification was done 2 Fox studio probably ordered the camera in 1967 ...

Greetings In 1990 the Japanese animation industry found that the Mitchell BNC film movement was an important part of their work. I was working with LLoyd Berman at this Camera exchange on Cahuenga Blvd when several Mitchell Cameras arrived . They were all old studio models such as BNC numbers in the...

Hello !
I wish to thank you all for the friendly responses to my introductory posts .
I will now start a new topic on Mitchell BNC construction .
Cheers
Bruce

These pictures of the Mark 2 ,especially in hand held mode , are excellent !
Thanks for posting them .
regards
Bruce

Hello Folks I am Bruce R Morgan a producer director of the as yet unreleased Project Lodestar Sagas a science fiction movie series. In 1989 I bought a Mitchell BNC 356 from a Mitchell Company factory worker. For the next many years I spent time shooting with this and other Mitchell Cameras such as t...