American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1963)

THE WORLD'S FINEST SYNC TAPE RECORDER St^IIaVQX' Sm5 The lightest (5 lb. 10 oz.), smallest (2i/2"x5"xl0") truly professional (broadcastquality) portable instrument of its kind in existence, it is Swiss-precision engineered, still plenty rugged on loca¬ tion where it has to be. And it carries its own power with it (new Dryfit rechargeable storage cells). Other Features include: • MANUAL AND FULLY AUTOMATIC VOLUME CONTROL • SYNCHRONIZATION with 16 and 35 mm cameras • ACCESSORIES Remote control by Wire or Wireless, Eveready Case, Automatic charger, Panel light AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Plus Accessories Stop in, call or write for a FREE DEMONSTRATION and complete technical informa¬ tion. (NY, Hollywood or Hia¬ leah) CAMERA EQUIPMENT CO., INC. Subsidiary of CECO Industries NEW YORK. N T. 315 West 43rd St. • IU 6-1420 HIALEAH, FLORIDA 51 East 10th Ave. • TU 8-4604 HOLLYWOOD. CALIFORNIA 6510 Santa Monica Blvd. • HO 9-8321 WHAT’S NEW Continued from Page 324 is completely enclosed and specially mounted for silent and vibrationless operation. The 750-watt output is suf¬ ficient to operate two Mitchell cameras, tape recorder and all accessories con¬ tinuously for two hours or for eight hours of intermittent shooting. MINI-MONITOR Florman & Babb, Inc., 68 West 45th Street, New York 36, N. Y., announces the Mini-Monitor, first miniature, tran¬ sistorized, battery-powered, magnetic sound reader complete with amplifier and speaker. Weighing less than 8 oz., Mini-Monitor is about same length and width as a pack of cigarettes — 5"x3"x2". The Mini-Monitor has multiple uses: for field and location checking and play-back o’f magnetic tape; it can be attached to a Moviola, editing table synchronizer, recorder or sound pro¬ jector or wherever magnetic tape is used. Auxiliary uses are: as a portable public address system, a projection booth speaker, playback monitor for tape recorders, phono amplifier, re¬ mote speaker systems, and 8mm mag¬ netic sound reader. The Mini-Monitor has both low and high impedance in¬ put and will drive an auxiliary speaker up to 8" in size. Price complete is $49.50. 1-TO-lO ZOOM LENS Designated the Zoom 10X25, this new Angenieux 35mm, f/3.2 zoom lens is said to compare closely with standard optics over the entire range of focal lengths from 1" to 10". Lens is IOI/2" long and has maximum diameter of 41/2". Its long back focal length of 2.35" makes lens adaptable to all 35mm motion picture and instrumenta¬ tion cameras. Zoomar International, Inc., Glen Cove, L.I., New York. FILM SLITTER Designed for high-production, highaccuracy slitting of 8mm motion pic¬ ture film. Dual-takeup feature permits simultaneous slitting and rewinding. Slitting wheels can be resharpened in¬ definitely without altering the dimen¬ sional characteristics of film after slit¬ ting. Model SL-100 complete and ready to operate, $2,500, F.O.B. Milford, Conn. Manufacturer is Filmline Cor¬ poration. CINE-VOICE CONVERSION S.O.S. Photo Cine Optics, Inc. an¬ nounces a balanced CineVoice conver¬ sion and an improved Transist-O-Sound amplifier with an exclusive built-in limiter. The S.O.S. conversion consists of cutting down the Auricon Cine-Voice camera to the lowest practical point and mounting a machined and ano¬ dized plate assembly to accept standard Mitchell 400-ft. or 1200-ft. magazines. Installation includes an external, silent torque take-up motor to handle loads from 400 to 1200 feet, and includes a footage counter. Cost of the conversion is $495.00. The new Transist-O-Sound amplifier for use with converted camera weighs 2% lbs. with the added exclusive fea¬ ture of a built-in limiter. The new Model 2CSA/L offers two low micro¬ phone input impedances of 35 or 250 ohms, permitting high quality broad¬ cast type mikes to be used at front un¬ der the lens. Separate gain controls for each channel makes possible 20% more microphone gain per channel. Frequency response is flat within 1 db from 15,000 cps, equalized for the Auricon galvanometer. The new Transist-O-Sound is avail¬ able either as a permanently attached unit with no wires or as a separate unit which can be quickly attached through tripod stud holes. ■ 326 AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, JUNE, 1963