Amateur Cine World (December 1936)

Latest Apparatus of film are equally catered for in a machine which is light, compact, very well designed and cheap. Efficiency has by no means been sacrificed to price, while all parts are easily accessible for cleaning. It is a_ straightforward instrument, without frills, which will not only project, but will project as efficiently as some other instruments costing many times its own price. CAMERA Name. Magazine Cine-Kodak. Makers or Agents. Kodak, Ltd., Kodak House, Kingsway, London, W.C. Film Size. 16mm. Overall size. 7}” x 53?” x 2”. Construction and Finish, Mainly metal pressings. Body covered leatherette. Bright parts plated, dull finish. Type of Loading. This constitutes the novel character of this instrument. 50 feet of 16mm. film, either Pan, Super-Pan, Kodachrome or Kodachrome A, can be obtained packed in the special charger for this camera. This charger possesses a number of new features. (a) A spring steel strip in the front of the charger covers the aperture and the intermittent claw slot. This steel strip passes up round the top corner of the charger and lies along its top. A small peg which projects from it engages with a catch in the top of the camera. When the charger is being loaded or unloaded it is closed and YY (Continued from page 448) sealed. When the camera catch is forward the camera can be opened in order to load or unload it. At the same time the film transit mechanism is locked to avoid damage to film or camera through accidental starting of the camera. When the charger is dropped into position and the camera door is closed, the pulling back of the catch releases the camera mechanism and at the same time opens the charger and uncovers the claw slot. The claw, which is spring loaded, automatically slips into a perforation as soon as the camera is started. (b) The whole of the transit mechanism and the film footage meter are contained within the charger. The gate is also part of the charger, the separation between lens and film being determined by the proper seating of the charger within the camera when it is loaded. (c) Opening the camera door automatically lifts charger for easy handling. Speeds. 8, 16 and 64 pictures per second. Shutter. Revolving disc type. Motor Winding. A _ spring loaded crank is used and folds out of the way when not in use. Starter Control. Lever at right front of instrument. This can be locked downwards for continuous running. Transit Mechanism. As indicated above, this is incorporated in the charger. The drive from the clockwork motor, which is very quiet, is conveyed to the charger by Y Yj yy two definite reason means of a six-pointed dog on a springloaded flexible shaft, which engages with a spur wheel in the charger. The intermittent claw is of the spring loaded type which slips over the film on its upward stroke and engages with a perforation on its downwards stroke. It is actuated by an_ eccentric spindle at the bottom of the camera. Lens. Thestandard lens fitted isa Kodak Anastigmat, f/1.9, 25mm., with the usual Kodak cushioned shape hood. It slips into a bayonet fitting in the camera body, enabling rapid change over to the other lenses in the range. These are 2” f/3.5 and 24”, 3”, 4’, 44” and 6” f/4.5. The standard 25mm. (1”) lens focusses down to 2 feet and stops down to f/16. The apertures are indicated on an engraved plate on the front of the camera, which also bears an exposure chart for C.K. Pan film at 16 pictures per second. Viewfinder. This also possesses a new feature, inasmuch as the same finder is used for all the lenses in the range from 1” to 6”. This is accomplished by means of a sliding lens element which moves between the front and back elements of the finder proper and gives different degrees of magnification. When one is undecided which lens to use on a given shot, this will rapidly indicate the most suitable. The finder is of the open type and forms part of the camera handle. It can be folded. Parallax is allowed for by means of two pips on the edge of the frame of the front finder element. These are used to indicate the top of the frame when taking shots at shorter distances. Tripod Socket. The usual socket for a tripod screw is provided. YY Yj Y, s. A most valuable Above all the important factors of the modern cine film—speed, latitude, toughness, fineness of grain—stands projection quality. For brilliant highlights and shadows of rich blackness “clean”? emulsion—emulsion without any residual veil—and a truly transparent film base are the first and final essentials. In these qualities Selo Cine Film is unsurpassed. Its film base is tinted slightly blue for anti-halo influence is effected thereby in shooting the picture ; in showing the finished film it corrects the unavoidable yellowness of the projection light—making screen highlights of brilliant whiteness. In fineness of grain Selo Cine Film is of such superb quality that pictures can be projected on large screens to needle-sharpness. Made in England by ILFORD SELO l6 mm. PANCHROMATIC REVERSAL Safety CINE FILM Sr ea a