American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1963)

Automatic Daylight Processini DEVELOPING TANK • Processes up to 200 Ft. • 8mm1 6mm-35mm-70mm • Movie — X-Ray — Microfilm • Motor-driven, portable • Uniform Density Assured • 400 Ft. Tank Available FILM DRYER • Motor driven — Heated • Speedy drying • Automatic shrinkage allow¬ ance • Stainless steel and aluminum construction • Easily assembled without tools • Compact, Portable Guaranteed. Write for Free Literature Micro Record Corp. BOLEX ACCESSORIES By STEVENS SYNCHRONOUS CAMERA DRIVE 115-volt Bodine Motor 24-Frame Lip-Sync Speed. Complete with Safety Clutch, Camera Mounting Base, Forward-Reverse Controls, Condenser, 10-Ft. Cable. Special $150 Write for our Bolex Accessory Catalog STEVENS ENGINEERING CO. Dept. “A”, 340 N. Newport Blvd. Newport Beach, Calif. 10,000 inch Accuracy! with SPLICE-O-FILM world's finest professional splicer Only Splice-O-Film gives .o. you such remarkable precision and extra features at such a low price. • Perfect 9-second • Automatic tncnil • Full money-back ?,'3-uu guarantee THE HARWALD CO. !^SG0,lK IJ. C. M. for MOTION PICTURE PRINTERS at UHLER CINE MACHINE CO. 15762 Wyoming Avenue, Detroit 38, Mich. Phone: UNiversity 1-4663 • Cable: UHLCIMA VARIABLE SHUTTERS AND YOLO AUTOMATIC DISSOLVE ATTACH¬ MENTS FOR ALL BOLEX H CAMERAS. ALSO DUAL POWER MAGNIFIERS FOR THE BOLEX REFLEX. PELLEGRINI-PIEK 7 COLEMAN PLACE MENLO PARK, CAL. THE MITCHELL REFLEX CAMERA Continued from Page 37 mounted in the blimp. This feature, plus the bayonet-mount lenses and the BNC captive cam-type studio finder provide all the conveniences of a BNC. Utmost versatility was a dominant goal in the engineering of the Mark II Reflex, according to Charles Austin, Marketing Manager for Mitchell. In¬ stead of creating a new camera for one specific use, Austin points out, Mitchell’s engineers have designed a camera that readily meets the needs of producers of research and documen¬ tary films, photo instrumentation and high speed cinematography for indus¬ trial research, special effects, back¬ ground plates, animation and titling — as well as conventional theatrical and television film production. A comparison of the first Mitchell Reflex camera, described in the June, 1960, issue of American Cinematog¬ rapher, with the slick new Mark II indicates that a lot of engineering enthusiasm went into the concept of the latter — no doubt engendered sub¬ stantially by the tests and the sugges¬ tions for improvement that came from the industry’s cinematographers. As one director of photography said, as he examined it at the ASC, ‘‘Here, at last, is a 35mm reflex camera with the ruggedness and scope of the Mitchell BNC, and made quite logi¬ cally, by the makers of the world’s most renowned studio cameras.” ■ ASC RECOMMENDATION Continued from Page 49 per 2.4 shall be 0.870" by 0.735", as per ASC Recommedation ^ 9. NOTE: It should be noted that dimen¬ sion 0.870" camera aperture width reduced by 1.2 would give only 0.725" picture information compared to the required 0.868" max. and has, therefore, to be safeguarded by a 1.2 anamorphic unsqueeze step. In practice any title of this type will be horizon¬ tally unsqueezed to suit the TV re¬ lease requirements. A 2:1 squeezed title will be fully readable on TV even if it is not unsqueezed. However, a special situation prevails where such title is superimposed over action squeezed in the same ratio. Such titles require special consid¬ eration for TV release especially if they fade in and out over action to be shown in between, as is the case in some main titles and trailers. 3. USAGE 3.1 The title areas outlined above ap¬ ply to feature films in 1.85:1 and 2.35:1 aspect ratios. 3.2 All titles should, of course, be photographed with a safe margin inside the width and height lines as shown in figures ‘‘A’ ’ and “B”. 3.3 The recommendations for both flat and anamorphic main titles and credits do not in any way restrict artistic freedom as far as theatrical release is concerned. ■ INDUSTRY NEWS Continued from Page 8 Florman & Babb Expands Rental Department Stepped-up activity in its equipment rental department has resulted in Florman & Babb purchasing new equipment for this department totalling in excess of $350,000, according to Arthur Florman, company President, who last month completed a purchas¬ ing tour throughout the LT.S., including a visit to Hollywood. New equipment includes Mitchell Mark II Reflex cameras, a BNC, a wide range of lenses including zooms and telephotos, Moviolas, sound pro¬ jectors, 10 new Nagra 1/4-ineh tape recorders with sync-heads, Moviola crab dollies, mike booms, and paral¬ lels. Gordon Catalog Debuts Just about the most comprehensive catalogue of motion picture and in¬ strumentation equipment compiled to date is that of Gordon Enterprises, North Hollywood, California, which is now in course of distribution to buyers in the industry. Comprising 128 pages in a hand¬ some, durable ring binder, the catalog illustrates and describes hundreds of items of motion picture photographic, lighting, sound, processing, editing, laboratory, animation and exhibitor equipment. A substantial section is devoted to photo instrumentation equipment, including high-speed, pulse, radar, streak, and oscilloscope cameras and accessories. Every item listed in the catalog is also available for rental. 52 AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, JANUARY, 1963