What four cameras is this WWII officer carrying?

[GerrySiegel]

Link follows to a historical page:

 

Yes, right hand of his four hands holds a Speed Graphic, (although who is

kidding who. I can't visualize a looey toting gear, can you? Perhaps a warrant

but not even that...not matter. So what is the one on our right or are they two?

Anyone?

 

 

http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/LtRobertTacey-Photographer.preview.jpg

[GerrySiegel]

Now I am guessing one on the right with the handle on top is a Bell and Howell 16mm...

[david_stanton1]

Speed Graphic, and Rolliflex are two.

[GerrySiegel]

Could it be A Rolleicord?

[golden]

dang how many arms does he have?

[kerkko_kehravuo]

Not Relleicord, it has "the wheels" for adjusting time & aperature, it is Rolleiflex Automat.

 

Kerkko K.

[JDMvW]

I think both cameras on the right of the picture are movie cameras, but no idea what make. Anyhow, thanks for the picture.

[Rick_van_Nooij]

I thought the actual Cameramen and photographers never held a rank higher then Technical Sergeant with the Signal Photo Corps. I would imagine higher ranking personnel had other jobs beyond taking photographs.

But as this is a joke-shot anything goes I guess.

[charles_stobbs3]

Is that a Marine Corps emblem on his lapel? The stripe around his cuff doesn't look like an army uniform.

[mskovacs]

The Rolleiflex with grey dials is either a model I or II Automat. I'm leaning towards II because I think there is a bayonet lug on the top lens.

 

Mine has an aftermarket flash synch to the right of the lenses. The work on the shutter looks very professional, likely a factory job. It had a non-standard port that I replaced with a locking PC connector from a junker Kiev camera.<div></div>

[phil_sutcliffe]

I'd go for Speed Graphic, Rolleiflex Automat and Cine Kodak Special 16mm.

[BrianS1664879711]

Anniversary Graphic, to be a bit more specific.

[GerrySiegel]

I thought the Cine Kodak Special had more chrome and was larger,but I forget about that old favorite. Thanks. What did Anniversary Graphic have,a focal plane shutter or no?

[alex_lofquist]

The movie camera is probably the Kodak Cine Special 16mm. The chromed version was the Cine Special II.

[patrick j dempsey]

Four arms and three cameras.... tricky tricky.. of course the 4th camera is the unknown unseen camera that took the photograph!

[Troll]

Repeat the scan, and then ask again.

[david_m]

And what service and rank is he based on the uniform and insignia?

[GerrySiegel]

Bill. it was pulled from the www.shorpy.com website. Lots of vintage photos there by older processes and classic cameras. gs

[GerrySiegel]

The insignia are indeed a puzzle. The collar marks don't look like anything I know of. This could be the Greek Army,but it does not seem like Signal Corps to me,but then I was not in service then. I'll ask my neighbor who was.

[david_held1]

The lapel insignia is that of the Army Signal Corps and by the looks of the shoulder, the officer is most likely a 1st LT.

[Rick_van_Nooij]

I've posted the link over at the WW2re-enactment forum. Someone thought his patch could be the SHAEF patch.

 

LT Robert Tacey is definitely a Signal Corps man.

[chromatic-aberration]

He's definitely US Army Signal Corps, nothing strange about his insignia other than that his branch insignia (the lower of the two pins on his lapel) has rotated a little more than 45 degrees off kilter.

[BrianS1664879711]

"What did Anniversary Graphic have,a focal plane shutter or no?"

 

In addition to the leaf shutter, the Anniversary Speed Graphic had a focal plane shutter.

[rick_beckrich1]

Late post - the Graphic might be pre-anniversary. Note that there is no bright trim around the "box" opening. Even into the early to mid 1950s, it was the issue camera. That and the crappy little Kodak 35 with the pop-up finder. The 16mm could be 'issue', but the Rollei sure was not. (FWIW - I caught hell for using my personal TLR for duty use in +/- 1951. Ditto my pair of Leica 1f's... (but use 'em I did.) It was not unusual to see an "O" or a "W" shooting if attached to a PIO unit.

[chromatic-aberration]

There were plenty of examples of Sig C guys with non-issue cameras in WW2, even in the dedicated Signal Photographic Companies. This was even more so in the more ad hoc photo sections. The photo section of the 3rd ID (where I've devoted most of my research), only had one Speed Graphic collectively. Everything else was a hodge-podge of 35mm and 120, along with a large format roll film aerial camera.