American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1959)

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Write for Free Literature Micro Record (orp. 487-14 South Ave. Beacon, N.Y. PRECISION CONTROLLED OPERATIONS complete t6mm services DAILY REVERSAL PROCESSING (INCtUOlNG CUSTOM PROCESSINC OF EASTMAN TRI-X R. DuPONT 931) COMPLETELY EQUIPPED 40'x 60' SOUND STAGE; FINEST QUALITY SOUND RECORDING AND RE-RECORDING; COLOR DUPLICATING; TITLING AND ANIMATION accomplished with the printer by add¬ ing trip bars (5 and 6 in Fig. 1 ) to the pulley on the projector. Because the shutter of the B&H 202 projector is shaped like a three-blade propeller, light passes through the film gate three times as each frame is held in place. By adding one or two trip bars to the pulley in positions which correspond to the shutter openings, more than one impression of the same frame may be recorded. Thus, shots can be extended beyond their normal length, Pellegrini explained. Color scenes shot out of doors wi thout a filter on Type A Kodachrome can be corrected for color balance by rephotographing them with a filter. Scenes made with several cameras can have matching frame lines after they are refilmed with one camera. Stop mo¬ tion may be added to amateur films as also may wipes, fades and lap dissolves. Important black-and-white shots can be cut into color films by first re¬ photographing them with this equip¬ ment and using a tinted screen. Because of the amateur equipment used, perfect film registration cannot always be expected, and there is apt to be some film movement visible with¬ in the frame. In shots which have been masked the matching edges may be slightly fuzzy. Enlarged portions of scenes may show increased grain. To minimize these short-comings such homemade optical effects as described here should be kept as brief as possi¬ ble. However, when carefully planned and executed, effects created with such homemade equipment as described here can add immeasurably to the in¬ terest of amateur films. ■ 800-FT. MAGAZINE Continued from Page 295 heaters located within the magazine near the film transport mechanism, which insure efficient operation at low temperatures. The heaters draw 50 watts. The magazine film transport and takeup reel drive are powered by a 28volt D.C. motor. A cut-off switch stops the motor and magazine movement automatically with the passage of the end of the roll of film, or in case of film break or jam. The function of this switch can also lie extended to the out¬ side of the magazine so it will also automatically cut off the camera drive motor. With the additional capability of much longer running time, the model HI-B camera with the M-3 magazine is now being used for highly special¬ ized airborne oscilloscope recording, long term studies of cloud formations, and a variety of other photographic instrumentation applications. Like other Multidata cameras, the 16mm model HI-B is an extremely ver¬ satile recording instrument, which can he used as a standard motion picture camera. The camera can also be syn¬ chronized with groups of other Multi¬ data cameras for simultaneous photog¬ raphy of widely separated events and can he operated as a single-frame cam¬ era coordinated with other equipment at speeds up to 20 pictures per second. SOUND CAMERA Continued from Page 289 weight. The smaller photo pictures the new, 4-pound transistorized amplifiermixer that replaces it and which the author recently completed and placed in regular daily opeartion at WLWI. It consists of a 7-transistor amplifier, has two microphone inputs, and has controls for internal battery power for both the sound recording exciter lamp and the amplifier. The fact that the 12-volt batteries necessary for the sound track lamp had to be included doubled the physical size of this two-channel unit. The am¬ plifier and its battery are contained in the left half, the sound track batteries in the right half. When shooting in a location where AC power is readily available for the camera motor, it is only necessary to take along the unit shown and the camera. The new, compact battery and ampli¬ fier unit is equipped with both a handle for carrying and a shoulder strap. When suspended from the camera¬ man’s shoulder, as pictured, along with the 5-pound 110-volt power supply (de¬ scribed in the earlier article), also on a shoulder strap, the cameraman is bur¬ dened with only nine pounds of weight instead of the 22 pounds imposed by the old and bulkier unit. 304 AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER