Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)

MOVIE MAKERS 277 News of the Industry Up to the minute reports on new products and services in the movie field Data disc The Kelly Cine Calculator, a 4% inch plastic disc with revolving scales on both faces, is now available to the amateur filmer in an 8-16 model. Among the technical data supplied are figures on depth of field, field of view, hyperfocal distance, filter factors, film travel per second, exposure index conversion tables and other subjects. The calculator, which is made in England, will be distributed in the United States by Florman & Babb, 70 West 45th Street, New York 36, N. Y. The unit lists at $3.95 with its accompanying instruction manual. Double-perf SOUnd Magnetic sound on double-perforated silent film, always the ideal of the amateur movie maker, is now a technical reality. This, the most significant advance in the magnetic sound medium since its advent a year ago, was announced by the Bell & Howell Company last month. This important new facility of the company's Filmosound 202 magnetic projector was made possible by the addition in the film scanning path of a small, rubber-covered roller. The roller, pressing firmly against the outside face MAGNETIC SOUND on double-perforated silent film is now made possible on the Filmosound 202 recorder-projector by the addition of a rubber-covered roller in film scanning path. of the film, holds it in intimate contact with the recording and playback magnets— thus eliminating the flutter or sprocket hole modulation which formerly plagued double-perforated sound operations. The audio quality claimed by Bell & Howell for this new design is "excellent voice and music at 24 frames per second, excellent voice and good music at 16 fps." The B&H Soundstripe on double-perforated film will be 30 mils wide and will be placed outside of the perfora tions along the edge of the film nearest the projector. As with the wider stripes for single-perforated film, this Soundstripe service will list at 3% cents per film foot. Addition of the new roller will have no adverse effect on the 202's ability to record and reproduce on the established 50 and 100 mil stripes. In fact, the roller should improve this function, if anything. For, the more accurate the contact between a magnetic stripe and the magnets which act on it, the better the resultant sound quality will be. For those already owning the 202 projector, Bell & Howell offers a factory conversion to the newer design at a cost price of $35. Copyright catalog The Library of Congress has announced the publication of the latest semi-annual issue (July-December 1951) of the Motion Pictures and Filmstrips section of the Catalog of Copyright Entries. The booklet lists some 1200 theatrical and non-theatrical motion pictures and filmstrips copyrighted during the second half of 1951. The catalog is available at $1 from the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Washington 25, D. C. Projector stolen A Bell & Howell 8mm. Regent projector, complete with its carrying case and three empty reels, has been stolen from the home of Edward Stolcz, ACL, 780 Beck Street, New York 55, N. Y. The projector carries the serial number 823502. Anyone to whom this machine is offered for sale is requested to get in touch with Mr. Stolcz or to report the matter to the New York Police Department. Films for rent Listing over 150 feature films and 500 reels of short subjects, the new 1952 catalog of the National Cinema Service, 71 Dey Street, New York 7, N. Y., is now going in the mails. A postcard request to that firm will bring you your free copy. Among the 16mm. sound films offered for rent are Destination Moon and Mickey Mouse, both in color, as well as The Jackie Robinson Story, The Golden Gloves Story, Two Lost Worlds and The Boy From Indiana, in black and white. National Cinema ships throughout the United States. Sun dial ^n tne Sundicator, a pocket-sized, plastic computer, the complete movements of the sun have been reduced to simple chart form, making it possible for the photographer to predict the exact angle of the sun's light at any hour on any day of the year. The Sundicator, which was designed by Benjamin B. Crocker, ACL, is available in two models: No. 40 for latitudes States PHOTOGRAPHY (POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY) Magazine MAY 1952 ISSUE "The Norwood Director Exposure Meter is one of the eight most important developments in photography in the past fifteen EXPOSURE METER was the only exposure meter mentioned, in fact only eight products in all received recognition. It's the original and only true incident light meter. The Norwood Director gains in popularity every day — and for one reason — it is the only exposure meter that actually determines correct exposure because of its patented method of measuring incident light. See for yourself — ask your friends who own a Norwood Director — try one and you'll never be satisfied with any other meter. If is the meter the best photographers use — the ^ "Standard of the Stu \OOQ,i dios." Write for free * ; booklet. 32' DIRECTOR PRODUCTS CORR 570 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK 36, N. Y.