I don't mind comments at all - thank you for saying what you think.
I used a Canon 300D ISO 400 with the standard 18-55 lens. No tripod. It was on A priority, but can get the shutter speed from the meta data. Harsh backlighting was part of the theme - I thought it might work. Fast shutter was the key here. I have some lovely vintage Carl Zeiss glass, but it's manual focus on this camera - I think I'll go with that lens for the re-runs. It's a 55mm 1.8f, so I'll get a lot of control over the aperture.
I'll run a few more through gaining more depth of focus … that seems to be the key. Yes, fancontroller, I can find a plethora of equipment to capture in the background - just over there has a lovely set of agrarian field mowers from an era now bygone, and I can find some looms in a factory setting to put it up against. It'll take a little time, but I like your thinking.
The Ever Ready is a nice razor, but the Wilkinson Sword (cogged) is a work of engineering, deserving of such a setting.
Cheers!