Robert Lewis Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I have been trying to ascertain whether there is a published list which relates the year of manufacture of Arri S16S/B cameras to the camera number, but I haven't been able to find one. I am particularly trying to establish what year(s) cameras in the 15XXX, 16XXX and 17XXX were made. Can anybody advise please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Heinemann Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 (edited) I have been trying to ascertain whether there is a published list which relates the year of manufacture of Arri S16S/B cameras to the camera number, but I haven't been able to find one. I am particularly trying to establish what year(s) cameras in the 15XXX, 16XXX and 17XXX were made. Can anybody advise please? Hello Robert, my Arri 16ST ("ST" stands for "Standard" and is the german name for Arri 16S/B ) with number mid-19XXX has been manufactured in 1977 - this is what Arri once told me. The production of this camera decreased after their blimped cameras hit the market and from the end of the 70s to the end of production in 1989 a relative small number of cameras had been made. The production ended with a production count of just over 20.000 pieces. Very best wishes Edited September 16, 2012 by Peter Heinemann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Heinemann Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 (edited) Hello Robert, my Arri 16ST ("ST" stands for "Standard" and is the german name for Arri 16S/B ) with number mid-19XXX has been manufactured in 1977 - this is what Arri once told me. The production of this camera decreased after their blimped cameras hit the market and from the end of the 70s to the end of production in 1989 a relative small number of cameras had been made. The production ended with a production count of just over 20.000 pieces. Very best wishes Correcting an error in my posting: "16ST"("Standard") is what the 16S as well as the 16S/B were called in Germany. In the early days of the production, before the 16M and the BL had been introduced, the camera was just named "Arri 16". Some people prefered to translated "ST" with "stumme Arri" ("mute Arri") rather than "Standard", because it was just too loud to be used for audio without a blimb. Edited September 16, 2012 by Peter Heinemann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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