Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)

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52 Clini CAMERA BASE INTO TRIPOD Apparently I agreed with N. P. Hariharan, ACL (see November Clinic — Ed.), in feeling the need for a broader base on the Bolex H-16 camera. For I started out simply by fashioning a base plate for the camera— and I ended up by building a complete tripod. The base plate was machined from aluminum, with a tripod screw mounted centrally in its upper surface and a tripod socket bored into its A DE LUXE TRIPOD developed by J. B. Dalton, ACL, of Abilene, Texas, weighs 12 lbs., pans 360 degrees, tilts 180, collapses to 38 inches. base. You'll see the base as the unit now just under the camera in the picture. So far, so good. But in my judgment the combined weight of the camera and the base was now too much for steadiness on existing amateur tripods. So I set out to construct my own. All of the important parts of it are to be seen in the illustration. Also fashioned from aluminum, the tripod extended stands close to 6 feet high, but the two-part legs will telescope to only 38 inches for carrying or storage. The weight is 12 pounds. The design of the head offers a full 360 degree pan action and a 180 degree tilt. This pan action may be controlled in two ways: first, by the handle when speed of movement is more important than complete smoothness; second, by the hand-operated gear drive actuated from the crank wheel on the side. The gear drive is grease-packed and may be disengaged when not in use. Also there are separate screws for adjusting pan and tilt tension against the control handle. Having been in the machine shop business over thirty years, I didn't bother to run up any drawings for this unit. I just built it. But if any other ACL members are interested. I'd be glad to supply more detailed information. Write me care of the League. J. B. Dalton, ACL Abilene, Texas SINGLE FILTER For those filmers who, either by choice or occasional necessity, shoot Type A color film outdoors with the conversion filter (Wratten No. 85), here's a tip it is well to keep in mind. Besides balancing the outdoor light for acceptance by this indoor emulsion, the conversion filter also performs the same function as would a Sky (formerly called Haze) filter (Wratten No. 1A). Thus, with the conversion filter in use, no further filtering is needed under predominantly bluelight conditions. J. D. Whitney Beloit. Wise. EQUIPMENT BELT Counting in the standard % inch lens, I found the other day that I was now carting around eight separate accessories for my Bolex L-8 camera. Since the camera itself is pleasantly small, it was clearly getting to be a case of the tail wagging the dog. The equipment-carrying belt illustrated on this page was my answer. EQUIPMENT BELT designed by Enrique Gundermann, ACL, of Santiago de Chile, carries 8 camera accessory items in comfort and safety. Fashioned from a strong but lightweight canvas, it is also water resistant, thus guarding your gear from rain, splashing water in a canoe and Pictures, plans and ideas to solve your filming problems so on. Reading from left to right, the items laid out are as follows: filter case, collapsible camel's hair brush, wide angle lens, 1^2 inch and 3 inch telephotos: rangefinder and a GE exposure meter. The standard lens, when not in use, is carried in the pocket depending from the bottom of the belt. Enrique Gundermann, ACL Santiago de Chile South America SPLICING MAGNETIC FILM This may be a bit premature, what with magnetic sound on film opening up for the amateur, but I'd like to send along a word of caution concerning the splicing of magneticallystriped films. In our recording studio here at J. A. Maurer's we have been using for some time a super-duper 16mm. splicer with a high content of steel in its construction. Well, as striped films began coming through, we found that more often than not each splicing operation on these films recorded a "click" sound on the magnetic track. This was finally tracked down to magnetism stored up in the steel splicer itself. Since that time we have regularly demagnetized the splicer before using it. If you find you are running into this same trouble at home, it probably will be sufficient to remove only the steel cutting blades and the scraping anvil, take them to a watch repair man and have them demagnetized. The same effect, incidentally, may be created in cutting magnetic tape with a pair of steel shears. Dean Moore, ACL Long Island City, N. Y. CONTRIBUTORS TO The Clinic are paid from $2.00 to $5.00 for ideas and illustrations published. Your contributions are cordially invited. Address them to: The Clinic, Movie Makers, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. Please do not submit identical items to other magazines.