Kevin Sorensen Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 I never did keep that kind of information on the booms. They were supplied by the particular studio lot you were working at, at the time. Many of them became dented, dinged, beat up and generally not maintained. At times to noisy to use and eventually the way they began to build sets more like practicals, they became unusable. Hence one had to become well versed with fish poles. We did carry one with us on the camera truck on some of the shows I worked on back in 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Smith Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 I think Fisher was trying to update their listing of where the various Model 2 booms ended up-at least they expressed interest back in the late 70's. Don't know if they are still trying to track them or not. I doubt there is any way to tell what shows any given S/N boom was used on, except for whatever rentals went out directly from Fisher. There were so many of these things kicking around the various stages and backlots in the 70's and 80's that any attempt to keep track of which boom was used on any given show would next to impossible. I still keep one on our truck for most shows, but sadly it gets little use these days.... --S I meant like a serial number # 125 or #253 ETC. That way you should be able to track it down. It would be very cool if fisher had a log book for every arm, showing every show it was on,build date ETC. I started to keep a log of the Serial #s of the different arms and bases that I have worked with just for fun. Did your rig ride in this truck ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewest Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Beautiful stuff!! I operated short and long arm Fishers in TV during late 60's even with a Sennheiser 804 on vocalists!!!! However I did manage to tip over a Mole boom with a flat tyre one day - naughty!! mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomboom Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Mole: another funny thing: going into a studio, moving the boom to a set then, while spreading the front wheels, discover the stoppers on the extensible shaft are gone and haven't been replaced... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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