American cinematographer (Mar 1933)

5 Ji March 1933 • American Cinematographer A. S. C. Testing Committee Approves Filmo 70-D 16 mm. Camera T HE first piece of apparatus submitted to the Testing Committee of the American Society of Cinematog- raphers is the model 70-D “Filmo” camera for 16 mm. cinematography, manufactured by the Bell & Howell Company, of Chicago, Illinois. A stock camera of this model was submitted for the tests, which were conducted in ac- cordance with the claims advanced for the product by the manufacturer, as well as by means of practical photographic tests made by the members of the committee. Various types of equipment are being worked on by the committee on testing. As this work proceeds and the tests are completed the results will be published in the AMERI- CAN CINEMATOGRAPHER. In view of the fact that claims on some of the articles run to such great length and the report of the committee in its detailed findings also require a number of pages of type-written matter, it was the decision of the committee to make available to all those who desired, copies of the claims and copy of the findings of the committee, instead of publishing all of these details in the AMERICAN CINE- MATOGRAPHER. In the last paragraph of its report, the committee made the following authorization which is quoted in part: “ . . . . and does authorize the publication of this report. The Committee also authorizes the Editor of the AMERI- CAN CINEMATOGRAPHER magazine to supply complete copies of the claims under which this product was tested together with the findings of the committee upon which this report was based, to any who desire the same.” The benefit of these tests to the entire industry is obvious, especially to those not initiated in the mechanics and requirements of the cinematographic profession. It places on these pieces of equipment the endorsement of the greatest authority of things cinematographic in the world. As the work progresses into various pieces of equipment in the different avenues of picture pursuit, there will be an accrued benefit that will have untold value. It will permit the purchase of a piece of equipment with complete confidence. Although some apparatus may not have all of the refinements that is possessed by another, still within its price field, it is fully representative of a good piece of merchandise worthy of the purchaser’s attention and use. With the rapid development in the cinematographic field, especially in the substandard activities, these tests will represent a definite value. Feb. 20, 1933 Report of Testing Committee On Bell & Howell Company’s Filmo 70-D 16 MM. Camera WHEREAS the Bell & Howell Company has sub- mitted to the American Society of Cinematographers its 16 mm. camera for amateur cinematography, known as the “Model 70-D Filmo,” duly ac- companied by the aforesaid manufacturer’s claims and specifications for that article, and WHEREAS the Testing Committee of the Ameri- can Society of Cinematographers has duly tested the said product in accordance with these specifications, and with practical photographic tests, and WHEREAS the said Testing Committee has found the said “Filmo 70-D” camera to be satisfactory according to the aforementioned claims and to have satisfactorily undergone the Committee’s photographic tests, THEREFORE does the Testing Committee of the American Society of Cinematographers certify that the said “Filmo camera, model 70-D” is worthy of the Approval of the American Society of Cinematog- raphers, and does authorize the Secretary of the said society to bestow upon the said “model 70-D Filmo camera” the mark of the Society’s approval, which Stamp of Approval the Committee does authorize the said Bell & Howell Company to imprint upon their product, the said “model 70-D Filmo camera,” and to use in their advertising of that product so long as the design and manufacture of the said product does remain unchanged.