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Mystery 1″ Video Tape of Bloomington Normal Illinois in 1980

If you read my recent blog post, you’ll know I recently found a 1″ Type C VTR—specifically, a Sony BHV-2000. After receiving it, I knew I needed more test media, and after finding a cheap eBay listing that I thought was probably a Type C recording, I hit purchase, not really knowing what I would

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1″ Type C Video Tape Transfer With A Sony BVH-2000

Recently, I was able to acquire a Sony BVH-2000 VTR from the 80s. This machine was used for many years in professional environments to edit TV shows and local commercials. One notable program the previous owner mentioned this unit was involved with is Bassmasters. I’m very happy to add this format to my growing arsenal

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Apple Computer Educom 1987 John Sculley Keynote Address On The Knowledge Navigator

A side project that I work on involves archiving media related to computer history, including a lot of material from my Dad’s days in computer software and hardware. Recently, I’ve been finding media for sale online or receiving tapes as donations. I have a YouTube playlist featuring this media, and I’m adding material to Archive.org

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The Moon And The Rocket That Brought Us There – A Timelapse

Recently I was in Huntsville while I was there I shot some footage of the Space and Rocket Center met Dustin Sandlin one of my favorite YouTubers from the Channel  Smarter Every Day. I also captured a timelapse of the moon passing over the rocket that brought us there. When I set up to capture it

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NAB 2018

Recently was in Las Vegas for NAB 2018. During that trip, I learned a ton met a lot of awesome people and shot a lot of footage. Like last year I got to meet a lot of people I’ve been watching and learning from for years. One of those was Ryan Connolly from Filmroit https://www.instagram.com/p/BhYCgfmHv17/?taken-by=scottgravlee

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In the Woods an Afternoon of the Outdoors and Lens Testing

Recently I went hiking on some new property that my Dad bought. This was great opportunity to not only shoot some stock footage similar to another batch of stuff I shot it was also a great opportunity to test out a new lens I picked up on eBay. (70-210 Sigma APO Manual  Focus for Minolta MD

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Film Processing and Getting Caught up

Finally getting around to sending my backlog of  35mm film to get processed and scanned. I’ve got a ton equaling almost a whole years of shooting packed into a small shelf in a refrigerator. My problem was the film kept piling up but I wasn’t processing it. Sometimes taking a whole month or more just

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