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The New "Auricon Pro-600
New 16mm sound-on-film camera is selfblimped and features 600-foot magazine, plus wide variety of accessories.
By LEIGH ALLEN
AS its name implies, the new Auricon Pro-600 camera’s salient feature is its big, 600-foot film capacity, which offers I6I/2 minutes of continuous shooting. This newest of 16nnn optical sound-on-film cameras from the Berndt-Bach drawing boards replaces the familiar Auricon-Pro camera, which had a film capacity of only 200 feet. Because of its greater film capacity, its successor is ideally suited to the production of television films.
Larger film capacity, however, is not the only interesting new feature of this camera. It provides many built-in features that are important in professional film production, as well as a wide variety of accessories. These include a selection of three interchangeable camera doors, a 3-lens turret, lens turret “blimping” hood, critical ground-glass focusing, tele¬ finder optical system for filming with telephoto lenses, and a choice of optical sound-track-on-film recording galvanometers and amplifiers.
The camera is self-blimped to assure the ultimate in quiet operation for studio use. The synchronous motor drive pro¬ vides an unwavering 24-frames per second speed for either single-system or double-system s.o.f. production. Exclusive Electromatic Take-up provides dependable smooth film flow to and from the magazines without the need for friction clutches or slip-belts. A unique method of applying a small
FRONT VIEW of the new Auricon Pro-600 1 6mm synchronous sound-on-film camera, which features 600-foot film maga¬ zines and built-in soundproofing in the case structure.
amount of tension to the take-up spool of film, even when the camera is not in motion, keeps the film loop tight between the recording sprocket and the take-up magazine, insuring smooth film flow at all times.
Flexibility and accuracy is combined in the design of the interchangeable door feature. Camera doors may be inter¬ changed without the need for tools. One provides for mount¬ ing the regular Auricon Auto-parallax Viewfinder Model EIF-20; another for use when a Zoom-type lens is employed; and a third which mounts the Standard Auricon Viewfinder.
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VIEW OF camera with door opened, and lens-turret blimping head (1) extended for access to lens focusing controls; (2| is 3-lens rotary turret; (3) 600-ft. film magazine, which provides 1 6 y2 minutes of continuous shooting; (4) recording galvanometer; and (5) Auricon Autoparallax Viewfinder. Note, also film threading diagram inside door.
REAR VIEW showing focusing tube, indicator light, push-botton control and other features. Camera replaces former Auricon Cine-Pro.
American Cinematographer
March, 1955
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