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CINEMATOGRAPHIC ANNUAL
Resume
As an appendix to the above necessarily quite incomplete discussion and in order to assist the reader in the understanding of the merits of both 35 and 16 millimeter films, the main characteristic and technical aspects of both are here listed in parallel columns.
Cost
35 Millimeter
16 Millimeter
A 35 millimeter professional camera outfit as used for studios, industrial or news weeklies, requires an investment of from $2000.00 to $4000.00 and higher, according to the accessories needed and to the particular work it is called upon to perform (Ultra-speed, sound, color, etc.)
Small, compact, spring driven cameras for 35 millimeter are available, costing from about $200.00 to $600.00 depending on accessories.
35 millimeter portable projectors cost about $300.00 to $400.00.
Laboratory work for the negative-positive process involves a cost of approximately from $0.10 to $0.15 per foot of silent negative (cost of film and processing at exclusion of production cost) . Additional prints $0.04 per foot.
Small, spring driven cameras are available in a variety of models, differing in versatility, size and weight.
Cost runs from $100.00 to $300.00.
16 millimeter projectors, suitable for industrial work, run about $150.00 to $300.00.
A complete 1 6 millimeter outfit, with full assortment of lenses and other accessories, can run up around the $1000.00 mark.
16 millimeter film processed costs $6.00 or $7.50 per 100 feet. Duplicate prints, $5.00 per 100 feet.
Reduction print from 35 millimeter negative to 16 millimeter positive, $2.00 to $3.00 per 100 feet of 35 millimeter film corresponding to 40 feet of 16 millimeter film.
Weight
35 Millimeter
A professional outfit, complete with cases, weighs from 40 lbs. to 150 lbs.
The spring driven 35 millimeter cameras weigh from 8 lbs. to 25 lbs.
35 millimeter portable projectors weigh about 60 lbs.
Camera Film Capacity
35 Millimeter 16 Millimeter
Studio cameras are equipped Practically all 16 millimeter
with exterior magazines of 400 cameras have a capacity of 100
and of 1000 ft. capacity. (Maga ft., (not including leaders at
16 Millimeter
A 16 millimeter camera with minimum accessories weighs as little as 5 or 6 lbs. The more elaborate outfits weigh up to 20 or 25 lbs.
1 6 millimeter projectors weigh from about 10 lbs. to 20 lbs.