Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1930-1949)

Record Details:

Title:
Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Date:
1930-1949
Publisher:
New York, N.Y. : The Society
Volume:
Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Leaf #:
000649
Language:
English
Collection:
Technical Journals
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (SMPE)Êdocuments the technological progress of the film industry, highlighting technical developments in production and exhibition. Of special interest are articles about special effects, theater practices, lighting, and the introduction of the 16mm format. Initially titled "Transactions of the Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers."Digitized by the Prelinger Library and the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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632 ARTHUR J. HOLMAN [J. S. M. P. E. our final lens wheel assembly approaches to this ideal condition, the steadier will be our projected picture, the better will be the definition, and the more apparent will be the peculiarly pleasing screen qualities produced by this system of projection. The instrument for accomplishing the exact positioning of the optical centers of lens sectors operates on the double error principle. FIG. 6. Lens setter, front view showing lens wheel below axis of telescope tube. In Fig. 4 is shown a right side view, in Fig. 5 a left front view of this instrument. Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 are head-on views showing the lens wheel in different positions, the displacement being due to rotation of the telescope tube. The lens setter consists essentially of a rotatable telescope tube having an offset bracket whereon the lens wheel is mounted in a manner whereby a lens sector may be rotated about the axis of the telescope tube, a pair of cross hairs intersecting on the axis of the telescope tube, an eye piece adjusted to permit observation