American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1963)

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yO ©oJJem* , JLMAtCV&lKs EL.EC~TF=tOI\IIG Photographers of prominence are distin¬ guished by their equipment as well as their professionalism . . . and no camera accessory is more impressive, more highly prized by this group— as well as by gifted amateurs — than the incredibly efficient GOSSEN Lunasix: the most sensitive, widest range exposure meter ever made! The GOSSEN Lunasix measures the ex¬ tremes of light from brilliant sun to the threshold of complete darkness, with con¬ sistent accuracy. It’s the most-prized ex¬ posure meter in the world! HERE’S WHY THE LUNASIX HAS WON PRAISES FROM STILL AND MOVIE PHOTOGRAPHERS EVERYWHERE! Measures reflected and incident light with built-in hemispheric diffuser • 30° light acceptance angle • Two-button brightness range system • Automatic needle lock • Built-in battery tester • External zero adjustment • Smooth one-hand operation • Com¬ puter range: ASA 6/1° to 12,000/12°; f/1 to f/90; 1/4, 000th sec. to 8 hours; Cine: 8 to 128 frames per sec.; EV — 9 to EV+22; .014 to 14,000 foot-candles • Weight 7 ounces. ~sr. ;-mn ■* • Another famous GOSSEN meter goJSen® Sixticeioc color temperature meter and filter indicator INSTANTLY Shows color temperature of light source (in de¬ grees Kelvin) and filter required for correct color balance . . . with ANY type of color film. Calibrated in "decamired” filter scale adapted by leading camera and filter man¬ ufacturers. Complete with leather everready case and goldmetal chain. See the entire Gossen line at franchised photo dealers INDUSTRY NEWS News briefs of industry activities, products and progress Technicolor Launches Techniscope — Aimed At Cutting Color Costs 50% Technicolor Corporation last month introduced a new photographic and printing system for motion pictures called Techniscope, which the com¬ pany hopes will shave costs on produc¬ tion of color features. Savings will be effected, says Tech¬ nicolor, by the fact 50% less color negative will be used in the photog¬ raphy, because the negative frame in the camera is two perforations in height as compared with usual fourperforation frame of conventional 35mm photography. Costs for nega¬ tive processing will also be halved. Following processing of the nega¬ tive, the two-perforation Techniscope frame is optically printed vertically to an aspect ratio of l-to-2, providing a 35mm anamorphic Technicolor posi¬ tive print having the normal 4-perforation frame height. Techniscope photography is accom¬ plished with conventional 35mm cam¬ eras after simple modifications have been made to the film transport, aper¬ ture and finder. As standard squeeze prints are provided, no special pro¬ jection equipment is required for ex¬ hibition. Other advantages claimed are: great depth of field is obtained through use of short focal length spherical camera lenses; new system doubles the length of time for camera shooting before changing magazine is required; shortend losses are reduced as only one-half the amount of negative formerly used is required to photograph a scene; the shortened film transport in camera greatly reduces camera noise; and a wide range of prints may be manu¬ factured from the Techniscope nega¬ tive. Industry News Forums Planned The American Society of Cinema¬ tographers has set in motion plans to conduct a series of ASC Industry News Forums for the purpose of demon¬ strating before its members latest processes, techniques and equipment relating to the photography and pro¬ duction of films for theatres and TV. Ha] Mohr, ASC President, has in¬ vited a number of equipment manu¬ facturers and others with products or techniques of interest to cinematog¬ raphers to consult with Walter Beyer, Chairman of the A SC’s Research and Educational Committee, to arrange participation in the forums. CINEMATOGRAPHER Charles Cignatti (right) and director Fred Jackson shooting scenes for prize¬ winning film. Antarctica Movie Wins “Cindy” For Martin Company Power For Continent Seven, a 28minute documentary film depicting the construction by Martin Company of the nuclear power plant for the McMurdo Sound scientific base in Ant¬ arctica, won a “Cindy” award for placing first in the Industrial Film Producers Association’s 1963 motion picture festival. Martin Company cinematographer Charles J. Cignatta spent more than three months in the antarctic last year shooting the film and also making a second documentary relating to testing at the power station. Also participating in the production of the prize-winning film were George Merriken, editor; Marvin Fryer, ani¬ mator; Jack Clink and Pat Patton, sound; Fred Jackson and Jon Fogel, directors; Oveste Granducci, script writer; and Byron Motion Pictures, Inc., lab work. • Birns & Sawyer Purchase Studio’s Equipment Birns & Sawyer Cine Equipment Company, Hollywood, has acquired the complete equipment of the cam Continued on Page 380 378 AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, JULY, 1963