Dolev Israel Perzelan (Hebrew: דולב ישראל פרצלן; born July 23 2000), known in the elevator community as DPlifts (formerly IsraeliElevatorFilmer2000, elevatorman812 and KOYOelevatorfan) is an Israeli elevator enthusiast from Tel Aviv, Israel.
History[]
Early years and pre-YouTube videos (2000 - 2011)
DPlifts started to interest in elevators at a very young age. His first elevator ride that he is still remembering was a ride on the glass elevator at Gan Ha'Ir Shopping Center in downtown Tel Aviv. In around 2007 to 2008 he used to search photos of elevators in Google Images, later in 2009 he found some elevator videos on the now-defunct video website Flix, and he discovered the elevator community on YouTube later this year then in october 2009, he started filming elevators. His first high-rise elevator video was of the Mitsubishi elevators at the B.S.R.1 Tower in Ramat Gan. In August of 2010, he traveled with his family and their friends to Paris, France, he filmed few elevators there.
KOYOelevatorfan (2011 - 2013)
In January 5, 2011, he finally opened his own YouTube channel after a lot of attempts to register to the video streaming website. In the summer of 2011, he traveled with his family to Berlin, Germany and London, Britain, he filmed a lot of elevators in London but only few in Berlin. When he upload the videos to his channel he became the first Israeli elevator enthusiast to film elevators outside of Israel.
elevatorman812, ElevISRAEL by ElevatorMan812 and elevaISRAEL by ElevatorMan812 (2013 - 2015)
In May 2013, He found that his original channel was hacked while trying to access his Facebook account. Because of that, he opened new Facebook and YouTube accounts. by August of the same year, he traveled with his family to the Italian regions of Tuscany and Brescia. He filmed some elevators there. Then, at Early 2014, he was very active at his social media accounts, he also filmed lots of elevators, In August 2014 and April 2015, he visited the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg and the French region of Provance-Alps-Cote D'Azur and filmed some elevator videos there.
IsraeliElevatorFilmer2000, elevaTRIPS by IsraeliElevatorFilmer2000 and Elevators from Tel Aviv by IsraeliElevatorFilmer2000 (2015 - 2017)
In May 2015, he rebranded his channel again to IsraeliElevatorFilmer2000, then changed the name to elevaTRIPS by IsraeliElevatorFilmer2000. He changed the name again to Elevators from Tel Aviv by IsraeliElevatorFilmer2000 a few days later after a request. In August 2015, he vistied the Austrian regions of Salzburg and Tyrol, he also vistied Rome (includes Vatican City) and the Italian region of Campania in April 2016 and the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia in August 2016.
Elevator videos by Dolev Perzelan/Dolev Perzelan photography (2017 - 2018)
In May 2017, he rebranded his channel name to his own name, following the year he visited Vienna, during the trips he filmed lots of elevators which Marks the place outside of his country to have more than 20 videos during traveling abroad. In November of the same year, he rebranded his channel to his own name with the word "Photography" in it.
DPlifts (2018 - Current)
In May 2018, he rebranded his channel name to DPlifts, which consists the first two letters of his personal and surname with the word "lifts" combined, In November of that year, he opened his secondary channel. In April 2019, he filmed elevators in Prague.
He used to live part-time in Ra'anana for a year.
In April 2021, he decided to put all of his material into his main channel due to less viwewership on his secondary channel. However, he decided not to close his secondary channel due to lack of time re-uploading content. Instead, his secondary channel is open but inactive. However, in July 2022, he opened a new channel called "Dolev's Home Video and TV archive" which is focused on mass media. In October 2022, he filmed elevators in Jerusalem.
Camera history[]
Primary Cameras
- Nokia 6210 Navigator (2009 - 2010)
- Canon PowerShot A630 (2010 - 2013, also used for one video in 2019 and few videos in 2021)
- Kodak EasyShare M530 (2010)
- Olympus FE (2010 - 2011)
- Kodak ZI10 PlayTouch (2011 - 2012)
- LG Optimus L3 (2013 - 2015)
- Sony Cyber-shot DSC WX80 (2014 - 2019, used as a secondary camera until 2022)
- Sony Handycam HDR-CX240E (2019 - 2021)
- Samsung Galaxy S8+ (2021)
- iPhone 12 (2021 - 2022; currently using as a secondary camera)
- Sony Cyber-shot DSC RX100 (2022 - Current)
Secondary Cameras
- Samsung Galaxy Y (2014; used in few videos)
- Samsung Galaxy S3 (2014 - 2015)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 (2015 - 2016; also used for few videos which filmed in 2018 and late 2019)
- Samsung Galaxy S6 (2016 - 2018)
- Xiaomi Redmi 4A (2018 - 2019)
- Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018 - 2019)
- Samsung Galaxy A10 (2019)
- Sony Cyber-shot DSC WX80 (2019 - 2022)
- Samsung Galaxy S8+ (2019 - 2021; 2021 - current)
- Sony Handycam HDR-CX240E (2021 - current; will be used for specific videos due to security reasons)
- iPhone 12 (2022 - Current)
Trivia[]
- He is the first Israeli elevator filmer that have filmed elevators outside Israel.
- He is the first Israeli elevator filmer that started filming in HD.
- His favourite elevator manufacters are KONE, Mitsubishi and Schindler.
- Some of his other hobbies alongside elevators include Anime, Art, Cartoons, Gaming and Music.
- He was in scouts between the years 2011 until 2019.
- His real name is Dolev Israel Perzelan.
- Since February 2019, he identifies himself as a bisexual.
- Alongside elevator videos, he also uploads gaming and public transportation videos into his channel.
- He really likes music, some of his favourite musical acts include Linkin Park, Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, etc..