American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1963)

picture cameras to record unusual action in unusual situations and render film images of excellent quality. The recent flight of four space cameras aboard an Atlas 7F mis¬ sile launched from Cape Cana¬ veral, Florida, marked the first successful on-board motion picture filming of booster separation. The cameras are the product of D. B. Milliken Company, Arcadia, Cali¬ fornia. The purpose of the resultant film was to provide exact graphic detail of what happens as an Atlas lifts off and goes through its se¬ quence of programmed maneuvers before engine cut-off. Two Milli¬ ken DBM-4 cameras photographed launch details and were subse¬ quently ejected at 300 feet. Two DBM-3 cameras remained aboard to record first-stage booster sepa¬ ration before they, too, were re¬ leased back to earth in Cook re¬ coverable capsules 500 miles downrange. The photos 1 to 4 are frameblowups from the original films. In photo (1), the camera looks down the side of an Atlas 7F mis¬ sile fifty miles up and away from Cape Canaveral. Camera is in sec¬ ond stage, aimed at booster. The earth is seen in the background, with the sun at the top. The diag¬ onal row of small white dots ema¬ nating from the center is reflection Continued on Page 113 MILLIKEN DBM-3 camera, three of which were employed recently in photographing first-stage booster separation of Atlas 7 F missile, then re¬ leased to earth in recoverable capsules. Two DBM-4 cameras were also used in the filming project, are similar in design but not equipped with the wide-angle lens shown here. A HELPFUL BOOK FOR MOTION PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHERS Gives detailed answers to hundreds of prob¬ lems and questions relating to Theatrical, Television, Industrial, Military, Educational and Documentary motion picture production. • Illumination Data for both “boosted voltage” and standard studio lighting equipment together with foot candle, amperage and volt¬ age tables and wiring dia¬ grams. • Data never before printed on: Panning Speeds, Optical Effects, Ultra High Speed, Underwater Cinematogra¬ phy, Make-Up, Background Plates, Process Scenes, Shooting Day-for-Night (col¬ or B&W). • Special Data on Exposure, Color, Illumination, Arctic and Tropic Cinematography, Infrared Film, Filters, etc. • Tables for compensating Fil¬ ter Factors, Shutter Angles, Camera Speeds. • Many useful Camera, Lens, and Filming Formulas. • Complete Data for Ultra Close-Up Cinematography with Extension Tubes, and Diopter Lenses. • Wide-Screen Processes, com¬ plete aperture and viewfind¬ er dimensions for all aspect ratios for 65mm, 35mm and 16mm; squeezed and un¬ squeezed photography, single-and double-frame. • Complete Lens Angle Data for all lenses for all aspect ratios. • Film Threading Diagrams for all cameras. There’s something to help you on every page of this valuable factpacked book! Charts, tables and diagrams give instant an¬ swers to problems relating to lens angles, filter factors, shutter openings, camera speeds, exposure, lighting, aspect ratios, etc., etc. Order your copy today! $7.50 . . . Post Paid • Detailed Listing of all Mod¬ ern Professional Cameras: 65mm, 35mm, and 16mm. • Black-and-White and Color Film Data, together with ASA ratings. Identification, and Incident Light Readings for same. • Up-to-Date Data on Lenses, Filters, Exposure and Color Temperature Meters. AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER MANUAL I P.O. Box 2230, Hollywood 28, Calif. | Please send me . copies of the AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER MANUAL. . Paymt. enclosed. Ship C.O.D . Name . I Street & No . . . . . City . . . . . . Zone . State . *For orders mailed within California, please odd 4% sales tax. I I AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, FEBRUARY, 1963 103