Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

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MOVIE MAKERS News of the industry Up to the minute reports on new products and services in the movie field B&H Model 273 A new 16mm. silent projector, retailing at $199.95 (including federal excise tax), has been announced for the first of this month by the Bell & Howell Company. Known as Model 273, the machine will continue the company's trend toward an easy-to-operate, lower priced line of motion picture equipment. The 273 is said to give a brighter screen image than any other make of projector with a 750 watt lamp. This is 75 BELL & HOWELL bids in the medium-priced 16mm. projector field with Model 273, using new 750 watt lamp and housed in clip-on case. $199.95. accomplished by a straight-line optical system and the use of the new type of 750 watt projection lamp developed by Westinghouse in cooperation with B&H engineers (see News of the Industry, February Movie Makers). The lens is standard at 2 inches focal length and an f/1.6 speed. Also new in the design of the 273 is the two-toned gray Royalite case, which latches directly to the projector platform. In this connection, the company also announces that a similar clipon case will be standard in the future with their 16mm. Diplomat projector, at $299.95. Son ot rack news Sono track, the magnetic sound track coating service offered by the Eastman Kodak Company, is now available for application to double-perforated 16mm. film stocks. Orders for this new service, as is true with single-perf Sonotrack, will be accepted by the company only through Kodak dealers. Coincident with offering Sonotrack in the 25 mil width required by doubleperf films, EK has cut the unit price for this or the 100 and 50 mil singleperf striping to 2V2 cents per foot. The minimum charge per order will remain at $10. Ansco film tank For amateur movie makers who also engage in their own processing of roll-film still pictures, the new self-threading film developing tank announced by Ansco should be of interest. The self-threading reel of the unit is adjustable for all film sizes from 35mm. to No. 116, and the tank itself has a locking top, a built-in funnel and easypouring drainage outlets. $4.95, complete with a film strip for threading practice. FilnriOS for less Effective the second of this month, you will pay $15 less for either of Bell & Howell's popular 16mm. magazine loading cameras, according to an announcement by that company. The cameras and their new prices are the Model 200 with a 1 inch //2.5 lens, $174.95, and the Model 200-T (that's a two-lens turret) with 1 inch //2.5 at $219.95. Both prices include the federal excise tax. [in* j ■•! ' i!-' ' hi 1 Data book The Kodak Data Book, Slides, a comprehensive reference manual for photographers working in the slide medium, has been revised and is now available at your photo dealer for 50 cents per copy. This new, fourth edition includes Kodak's latest recommendations on films, cameras and projectors for the transparency field. Items in brief A newly created Amateur Sales department, one of four divisions of Ansco's sales organization in Binghamton, will be headed by Harold R. Dean. ACL, as manager. Without an advance in price, a new ANSCO, of Binghamton, offers a developing tank adjustable for 35mm. to No. 116 film. G0ERZ LENSES for MOVIES and TELEVISION The heart of your camera is your lens. For dependable performance and highest definition in black and white and color, finest results are assured with HYPAR W-l-D-E ANGLE ANASTIGMAT F:2.7 focal length: 15mm and larger APOGOR ANASTIGMAT F:2.3 focal length: 35mm 50mm 75mm Designed for use in 16 or 35mm cameras, these fine lenses are corrected for all aberrations at full opening. For complete details, ask your local dealer or write Dept. MM-3 1 , C. P. GOERZ AMERICAN OPTICAL COMPANY Office and Factory 317 EAST 34th STREET k NEW YORK 16, N. Y.