Unicam HL-55
Camera
Ikegami Tsushinki Co., Ltd
Japanese, estab. 1946
Unicam HL-55
1988
Metal, plastic, leather, rubber and canvas
Overall: 13 × 10 × 25 in., 19 lb. (33 × 25.4 × 63.5 cm, 8.6 kg)
Gift of WXXI, 2015
DescriptionSerial# KG33357 Grey and black, rectangular, 3CCD, electric or battery operated motion picture camera with Fujinon TV f/1.9 9-126mm zoom lens, daylight filter, tungsten filter, neutral density filters, time-code synchronization, color bar correction, black eye-piece, Sony BetaCamSP cassette recorder, 4-channel audio mixer and Porta Brace shoulder strap.
Inscriptions Printed in white on right side of camera: UNICAM / Embossed in silver on plate on right side of camera: Ikegami / Printed in silver and black on cassette door on right side of door: BETACAM SP / Printed in white on blue label below cassette door on right side of camera: W / Engraved in white behind video synchronization jack on right side of camera: GENLOCK / Engraved in white in front of video out jack on right side of camera: ENCODE VIDEO OUT / Engraved in white in front of time-code input jack on right side of camera: TC IN / Engraved in white in front of time-code output jack on right side of camera: TC OUT / Engraved in green on lens ring: FUJINON-TV 2 1:1.7/9-126 A14X9 FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. 290570 LENS-JAPAN / Engraved in red on focus ring on lens: ft (INF) 30, 15, 10, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2.7, m (INF) 10, 5, 3, 2, 1.5, 1.2, 1, 0.8 / Engraved in silver on left side of lens FUJINON 14X / Printed in silver on plate on top of lens: FUJINON A14X9F 1:1.7/9-126mm ERM-11 MADE IN JAPAN by FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO., LTD. / Engraved in white on zoom control buttons on top of lens: W, T / Embossed in silver on front of eye-piece: Ikegami / Engraved in silver on filter door on left side of camera: FILTER 1.3000K 2.5600K 3.5600K+1/4ND 4.5600K+1/16ND / Printed in silver and black on plate on left side of camera: HL-55 Ikegami / Engraved in white in front of video gain switch on left side of camera: GAIN UP, MID, O, HIGH / Engraved in white in front of white balance switch on left side of camera: AWB, B, A, OFF / Engraved in white above audio monitor switch on left side of camera: AUDIO MONITOR / Engraved in white above and below color bar correction switch on left side of camera: CAM, BARS / Engraved in white in front of video signal switch on left side of camera: STBY, CAM, VTR / Engraved in white above and below power switch on left side of camera: OFF, ON, POWER / Embossed in silver on left side of cassette recorder: SONY / Embossed in grey below audio mixer dials on left side of cassette recorder: CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, AUDIO LEVEL / Embossed in white on red label on left side of cassette recorder: BC52 / Printed in silver below LCD screen on left side of cassette recorder: RF, SERVO, HUMID, SLACK, TAPE END, BATT, WARNING / Printed in silver above audio meters on left side of cassette recorder: CH-1 PEAK, CH-1/CH-3, CH-2 PEAK, CH-2/CH-4/BATT / Printed in black and red on sudio meters on left side of cassette recorder: 20, 10, 5, 3, 0, 3, x, VU / Printed in silver above display button on left side of cassette recorder: DISPLAY HOLD / Printed in silver above display reset button on left side of cassette recorder: RESET / Printed in silver above display readout switch on left side of cassette recorder: DISPLAY, CTL, TC, U-BIT / Printed in silver above light siwtch on left side of cassette recorder: LIGHT, OFF, ON / Printed in silver above audio monitor switches on left side of cassette recorder: MONITOR SELECT CH-1/3 MIX CH-2/4, LNG AFM / Printed in silver above battery check button on left side of cassette recorder: BATT CHECK / Embossed in grey above power switch on left side of cassette recorder: ON, OFF, POWER / Printed in silver on black label under grey door on left side of cassette recorder: DOLBY C NR, "DOLBY" AND THE DOLBY-D SYMBOL ARE TRADEMARKS OF DOBLY LABORATORIES. NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEM MANUFACTURED UNDER LICENSE FROM DOLBY LABORATORIES. / Printed in silver on black label on top of camera: UNICAM HL-55 COLOR CAMERA SER. NO. Ikegami MADE IN JAPAN / Stamped in silver on black label on top of camera: KG33357 / Printed in black on silver label on top of camera: WXXI TV-FM 4777 / Embossed in white on red label on top of camera: C55D / Printed in white on blue label on shoulder strap: porta brace
