International photographer (Jan-Dec 1941)

JRADEW FILMO SILENT PROJECTORS NOW RUN SOUND FILMS Bell & Howell announces that sound films now may be run on all new 16 mm. Filmo silent projectors. The sound, of course, will not be reproduced, but there is now open to owners of this popular projector a vast new field of entertainment and educational films. No longer, says B&H, need the owner of silent equipment be prevented from enjoying interesting and instructive films available only in sound versions. New Recreational and Educational Film Catalogs, listing and describing both sound and silent films, have just been released by the Filmosound Library. For further particulars on both projectors and films, write to the Bell & Howell Company, 1801 Larchmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. NEW BURKE & JAMES BOOKLET The enlarging lens, substitution focusing, correct exposure time, tone balance, photo montage and formulae for enlarging, etc., are a few of the interesting topics in a new booklet offered by Burke & James. Readers of International Photographer may secure a free copy by writing S. Drucker. Burke & James, Inc., 223 W. Madison St., Chicago, Illinois. AGFA ANSCO ANNOUNCES FINEX After four years of investigation into the problems of fine-grain development, the Agfa Ansco Research Laboratories have perfected Finex, a new fine-grain developer. Designed especially for the critical and experienced worker, Agfa Finex offers the following advantages: Extreme fine grain, no loss in inherent film speed, convenient ready-to-use liquid form, long useful life with tested replenishment system. The exceptional results obtainable with Finex Developer are due to the use of an entirely new developing agent which extends developing action deeper into the emulsion layer and reduces the clustering CINEX Light Testers — Polishers used by all Major Studios. We are the sole Manufacturers and Distributors. Manufacturer of 16mm and 35mm Recording Heads, Developing Machines, Bipack Color and Black and White Printers, Rewinds. Special Machinery built to order. CINEMA ARTS-CRAFTS 914 No. Fairfax HE 1984 Hollywood, Calif. Cable Addr«n«: •CINEBARSAM' of silver particles, thereby resulting in smoother, finer grain with no loss of inherent film speed. The complete unit containing 16 ounces of Finex developer, two eight ounce bottles of replenisher, a graduated cup for measuring and 24 page booklet on fine grain processing are available through regular dealers at $2.75. AGFA ANSCO'S NEW BOOKLET Agfa Ansco's latest publication — an 80page, illustrated booklet titled "Choosing Film for Your Camera" — has just been issued and is now being distributed by photographic dealers throughout the country. "Choosing Film for Your Camera" is available at regular photographic dealers at 25c per copy, or may be obtained direct from Agfa Ansco, Binghamton, New York. AGFA ANSCO IMPROVES SERVICE TO CENTRAL STATES In order to supply photographers in the central states with better and more rapid service on its products. Agfa Ansco is reorganizing the sales territory which has been served by its Kansas City branch. This move will permit faster delivery of Agfa Ansco products to customers in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arkansas by supplying them through the Agfa Ansco branch in Dallas, Texas. Users of Agfa Ansco materials living in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas and Missouri will experience improved service, as they will be supplied through the Agfa Ansco branch in Chicago, Illinois. The Agfa Ansco branch office in Kansas City is to be discontinued. Concurrent with this shift in distribution, Agfa Ansco is raising its sub-branch at Dallas to full branch status and moving it from the present address at 2025 Commerce Street to new and larger quarters at 425 South Field Street. B&H REELS IN COLOR The trend to color, so dominant among amateur photographers who make their own movies, is reflected also in the newer offerings of film rental libraries. Especially those catering to the growing section of movie makers who supplement their own films with those rented from professional sources, are going in for color. A new supplement to the FILMOSOUND Library Catalog brings the total of titles included under the "OUR COLORFUL WORLD" series to thirty-seven single reels, for the most part silent, dealing with various geographical regions. The list includes a series of five on National Barks, one on Indian life today, and one on Porto Rico. There is also a series of nine new reels on wild life, with several more in preparation. These deal mostly with birds, each reel covering either a single species, such as the Golden Eagle, White Pelican, Humming Bird, etc. ... or a habitat group, such as the birds grouped respectively, at an inland lake, a mountain meadow, and the ocean shore. Earlier listings include some twenty reels on travels in Mexico, Canada, Central America, Africa and the South Seas. A total of twenty-seven cartoons in natural color is also offered, as well as other subjects as far apart as agriculture and Shakespeare. The new single-reel cinecolor version of MACBETH has been very favorably received at visual instruction conferences where it has been previewed. Practically all color films rent for from $2.50 to $3.00 a reel. GRAPHIC PAN TILT TRIPOD HEAD Because the combined camera base and revolving-tilting tripod head built integrally with the Graphic View Camera was received with such favor by the photographic public, the Folmer Graflex Corp. is now marketing a similar tripod head for use with any camera ordinarily mounted on a portable, folding tripod. This new product, known as the Graphic Pan-Tilt Tripod Head, is light, solid and flexible. It tilts 100° forward or 25° backward, and rotates a full 360°. This new unit will fit into the Speed Graphic Special Carrying Cases ( which accept a tripod ) , the Crown View Camera Case, and the new Speed Graphic DeLuxe Cases. Both the rotating and tilting movements are controlled and locked by a single handle with a black, extruded plastic grip. The head is so designed that it may be halflocked with sufficient looseness to permit minor adjustments of the camera angle, and a slight further turn completes the J locking without any change in the camera's position. The adjustable camera-clamp screw, pioneered by Graflex many years ago, is further improved by larger grips and by the addition of a spring to keep the clampscrew in the up position so that insertion of the screw in the camera's tripod socket is greatly facilitated. The top of the Graphic Pan-Tilt Tripod Head is 2% inches square and the circular base has a diameter of 3Y> inches, these broad surfaces furnishing great stability and solidity when a firm tripod is used. 22