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VIEW OF BLIMPED camera from rear. Eyepiece of camera's fhrough-the-lens finder system is extended at the rear (1). Blimp is of fiberglass construction.
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VIEW OF UNIT with door of blimp removed to show right side of Camerette. Motor that drives camera and recorder is shown at (2), the 16/35mm magnetic recording mechanism at (3), and the magnetic film supply and takeup spindles at (4).
VIEW OF OPPOSITE side. Footage counter, an integral part of Camerette film magazines, is shown at (5). Note that blimp is designed to accommodate camera with all three lenses mounted on the turret.
CAMERETTE DOUBLE-SYSTEM 16/35mm sound camera with mixer-amplifier, batterypower, and miscellaneous equipment. Originally designed by British Broadcasting Co. for its TV newsreel productions, unit is now in production for distribution in the U. S.
Camerette DoubleSystem 16/35mm Sound Camera
Compact, portable unit provides top quality magnetic sound in positive sync with picture
By JOE HENRY
WHEN THE BRITISH Broadcasting Company wanted a compact, reli¬ able camera and sound recording unit for its growing TV news operation, the company designed its own, using a 16/35mm Cam¬ erette as the basic unit. To this was added a mechanically-coupled com¬ bination 16/35mm magnetic film recorder and the whole then encased in an attractive, lightweight fibreglass blimp. The result is an efficient double-system sound-film unit having all the advantages of lightweight and portability of a single-system sound camera. Following the initial designing of the unit, it was then turned over to G-B Kalee in England for production. In all, thirteen of the new Camerette magnetic sound-onfilm 16/35mm motion picture cameras have been fabricated for and put into operation by BBC.
There’s an interesting sidelight on what motivated BBC to design the outfit in the first place. In England, they’re very fussy about authen¬ ticity of sound for newsreel pictures, especially dialogue. There’s never any dubbing-in of spurious applause or laugh tracks, or of spe
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