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FILM AND RADIO GUIDE
Volume XII, No. 7
Ampro\s Extraordinary Laboratory
Harry Monson, Vice-President of Ampro, reports that Ampro is now ready to take advantage of the work of the leading physicists and engineers on the staff of the new General Precision Equipment Research and Development Laboratory, establishment of which was announced recently by Earle G. Hines, President of General Precision Equipment Corporation.
Dr. R. L. Garman will head the staff. He is the same Dr. Garman who has contributed so much to radar trainer design for N.D.R.C. and who has been responsible for the design of more than twenty systems in that field. Dr. Garman has authored many publications and is co-author of “Experimental Electronics.”
Dr. M. E. Droz is also a staff member, probably better known for his service at the Radiation Laboratory of M.I.T. on radar trainer problems, which included electrical and mechanical computers, pulse circuits, supersonics in both air and water.
Also assigned as Chief Engineers of projects are M. B. Karelitz, F. B. Berger, R. W. Lee, and G. T. Lorance. Dr. Garman lists an additional nineteen physicists and engineers already assigned to various departments of research and development for the Pleasantville, New York, activity.
Mr. Monson states, “Ampro and other subsidiaries of General Precision Corporation will have complete access to the services of these physicists and engineers and to the research and development carried on by the .staff in this great new laboratory.
Harpy Monson, Vice-President of Ampro
“We already have a fine engineering staff, which the demand for Ampro proves. In addition, Ampro will be in a position to employ scientific accomplishments which emanate from the Laboratory, passing them on to dealers and consumers. Here is an activity which we frankly could not support ourselves, and we doubt that any single manufacturer of 16mm projectors could possibly afford to maintain such a laboratory.
“There is no question in our minds but what Ampro will bring to the photographic world improvements far ahead of present projection equipment.”
THE NEW ALCO TRIPOD
Alco Photo Supply Company, 17 West 47th Street, New York City, announces the New “Alco De Luxe Professional Tripod,” designed for studio, commercial, and cine camera uses.
This tripod is precision machined, entirely of aluminum, steel, and bronze, yet is light in weight and easily transportable. It can be instantly set up or folded and is sufficiently
rigid to support an 11" x 14" camera. It will support a weight of 200 pounds without vibration. Its gear-operated raising and lowering mechanism is operated by a crank. Operation is extremely smooth, rapid, and precise.
The tripod head is adjusted l)y a universal joint, permitting every possible position of the camera, from vertical to horizontal. The camera plate has four holes, permitting the attachment of the camera for proper balance. The tripod legs are held firmly in place by locking tripod braces to minimize vibration.
Fully extended, the tripod has a height of 6 ft. 3 in., but it can also be used as low as 35 inches from the ground. Its overall length, when folded, is 39 inches, its weight 15 pounds.
The tripod is finished in crackled gray enamel and nickel. The price is $60.00.
New Alco Tripod