Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

MOVIE MAKERS 241 News of the Industry Up to the minute reports on new products and services in the movie field RCA Stereo Full-frame 16mm. steroscopic projection, using right and left-eye films on right and left-eye projectors, is now available to non-theatrical film users in, say, the documentary, scientific and industrial movie fields. The equipment consists of two RCA 16mm. portable arc projectors, paired with selsyn interlocked motors for perfect synchrony of the two projected images and equipped with complementary polarizing screens to create in the one screen image the third-dimensional effect. Polarizing glasses will be used by the audience, and the pictures must be projected on a special metallized screen surface — just as with theatrical 3-D. On the audio side, these new RCA units will reproduce either optical or magnetic recordings, and may be easily adapted, it is said, for a binaural playback of suitable sound tracks. This twin-film, twin-projector stereo projection system should not be confused with the 16mm. single-film, singleprojector methods embodied in the Nord, Bolex and Elgeet stereo units. The RCA equipment will be handled by the Engineering Products Department, RCA Victor Division, Camden, N.J. EK projector The Kodak Analyst, the first 16mm. projector to be designed specifically for the analysis of motion pictures in smoothchanging forward and reverse movement, has been announced by the Eastman Kodak Company. The machine is expected to be of special value to athletic coaches, scientists and visual education workers. Almost instant changeovers from forward to reverse projection (and vice versa) are made possible by the installation of a constant-speed motor which drives the lamphouse fan only. With the operating motor thus relieved of the flywheel effect of the blower fan, it is able to reverse its direction at the flick of a switch. Furthermore, a superior BELL SOUND offers 25 watt 4 input amplifier. THE ANALYST, new 16mm. projector from E. K. Co., is designed for instant reverse action on self-contained screen. type of heat-absorbing glass makes a safety shutter unnecessary, thus eliminating the momentary blackout created by that unit during changeover. Another unique feature of the Analyst projector is a daylight projection viewer which is carried in the projector case. The viewer is comprised of a frontsurface mirror which picks up the projected image and reflects it back onto a rear-view screen. Maximum film capacity for the Kodak Analyst will be 400 feet; the price, $295.00. Ansco to 3400° K Recognizingthe wi despread popularity of photoflood illumination for indoor color photography, Ansco has announced a progressive program in which the color temperature of all their Ansco Color Tungsten emulsions will be changed from 3200° K to 3400° K. At this latter figure, they will then match accurately the Kelvin rating of the photoflood illuminants. First to be raised to the 3400° scale will be Ansco Tungsten emulsions in the 35mm. and roll film sizes. Sheet films will not be changed for the time being, it is said, and no advice is given concerning the color temperature of Ansco Color indoor movie stocks. Presumably, therefore, amateur movie makers should continue use of the UV-15 correction filter under photofloods until advised otherwise. 8mm. telephotO From France, the Camera Specialty Company is now importing a Berthiot IV2 inch //1.9 telephoto suitable for use with all "C" mount 8mm. cameras. The lens is in a focusing mount with a range from 2 feet to infinity and has diaphragm stops ranging through //16. This new Berthio" objective will retail at $30, tax included. For a folder on the lens write Camera Specialty, at 705 Bronx River Road, Bronxville 8, N. Y. Bell Sound A new 25 watt amplifier Model 3725-B — has been announced by Bell Sound Systems. Inc., of Columbus, Ohio. Features of the unit include three mike inputs and one phono channel, with separate volume controls; base and treble tone controls and a single output for the mixed ^finals. The frequency response claimed for the uni: is 30 to 18,000 cps plus or minus 2 d'b. The hum level is 65 db below the rated output. Not provided for in this new Bell design is some method of measuring the strength of the several signals fed to the amplifier; nor does the unit offer an output for using a monitor headset. Color-A/Latic An improved model of the Norwood Director exposure meter, with a "Color-Matic" control which permits direct // stop readings for all still color picture work, has been announced by Director Products Corporation. The control unit is a perforated metal tab which slips into a prepared slot in the meter. With it in place, and with your camera's shutter speed at 1/50 of a second, // stop color readings may be made and used directly, without even setting the meter for film speed. By special order, the same ColorMatic control system can be adapted to movie making exposures, in which case the grid will be balanced for a 1/30 of a second shutter speed at ASA 10. THE BERTHIOT teiephoto lens for 8mm. cameras (IV2 inch f/1.9) focuses 2 feet to infinity. New EK lab Fo provide more and faster service on Kodachrome processing in the New York metropolitan area, the Eastman Kodak Company has purchased a ten acre site in Fair Lawn, N. J., on the east side of N. J. Route 208. Tentative plans call for the construction of a modern onestory structure, the facilities of which will supplement those of the company's present processing station at Flushing. N. Y.