Home Movies and Home Talkies (Jun 1932-May 1933)

HOME MOVIES & HOME TALKIES 149 Above. — The Pathe Motocamera fitted with a Meyer telephoto lens. The normal lens is temporarily screwed into the socket below while the telephoto lens is in use and vice-verss. Notice the special finder. Right. — The Celfix Screen in position ready for projection. The Celfix Screen Although mucli cine apparatus used by the British Amateur originates abroad, it is good to find that so far as screens are concerned at least there is nothing to fear from foreign competition. The Celfix Cine Screen, which is made m four sizes and illustrated with photographs on tins and the following pages, is a particularly neat production, being so made that on grasping the handle and touching a button the screen rolls out and supports itself vertically and taut without further attention. The screen is in effect practically self-erecting, as the spring action which serves to hold the screen perfectly fiat when open assists in the erecting action. To close it it is only necessary to grasp the handle and press downwards, wherevipon the screen rolls into the box and the whole outfit becomes of minimum size for transport. So far as the finish of the box and screen fittings are concerned these are excellent. Most important of all. the surface of the screen is of high reflective power and free from blemish both in the silver and crystal bead types. We are often asked which is the better of these two surfaces, but much depends upon the conditions in wliich they are used. The crystal bead undoubtedly gives a more brilliant picture and slightly better colour than the silver but its Imninosity falls off rapidly as we move away from the line joining the projector and the screen. This means that if the screen is being used in a wide room, spectators at the side will lose a good deal of illummation. The silver, on the other hand, is not so bright in the direct light, but is much more even in its distribution of light, and if the audience must be spread over a wide arc this is the better surface. In the case of the Celfix we can recommend both tj'pes. Readers who . wish to compare the two surfaces can obtain free samples a few inches square, which is quite sufficient to give a good idea of the difference, by mentioning this magazine when apjjlying to Messrs. R. F. Hunter, Ltd., .51, Gray's Inn Road, W.C.I, the manufacturers. The price of the screen varies according to size ; the smallest size, which measures when open 27 inches by 20 inches, being £3 10s. for the silver surface and £4 IDs. for the crystal bead, while the largest size, 6.3 inches by 47 inches is £10 for the silver surface and £12 15s. for the crystal bead. Super Lenses on Pathe Cameras One of the indications of the widespread popularity of the 9i-mm. size is the demand for what might be termed ' ' super ' ' equipment for these cameras. Mr. A. O. Roth, the British distributor for the Hugo Meyer Optical Works, which produces the well-known Meyer anastigmat, has recently submitted to us a Pathe Motocamera Model B fitted with a Meyer f/1.5 anastigmat f-inch focus and a Meyer f/3 anastigmat with 2-uieh focal length. The camera, which is a m% rr THE BRITISH AUTOMATIC CINE SCREEN FOR EVERY HOME MOVIE MAKER (Patent No. 345,925.) The "Celfix" is 0 AUTOMATIC % PORTABLE % BRILLIANT # LIGHT WEIGHT • IN 4 SIZES In modern Cinematography, the Cine Screen is the most import-ant part of thp outfit, for the eyes of the spectators are centred on the Screen during the whole time, and not on the Projector. The strain on the eyes in w-it-ching motion pictures projected on an inferior Screen cannot be over estimated, it can easily mar the whole pleasure or instruction of the show. This vital point has alwavs been foremost in the minds of the Manufacturers of the " CELFIX " CIXE SCREEN, the very latest, and most improved Cine Screen yet produced, for it supersedes all others bv its clever construction, in addition to the qualitv and brilliance of the SILVER and CRYSTAL GLASS BEADED Surfaces fitted to it. The CELFIX Screen is portable, and self-erecting, opening and closing by a single pressure on a button. Built in a beautifully finished art-leather covered Box, it takes up practically no room, and can be transferred from place to place at a moment's notice. The Surfaces fitted are of super brilliance, made on scientific formulas to bring out the maximum colour values in the Film, and at the same time to give brislit, soft pictures, which cause no strain lio the eves. REMEMBER, it's the SCREEN that makes the PICTURE Write for Free Sample Screen Surfaces and fully descriptive leaflet dealing with the '* Celfix " and numerous other Screens. Gemx in open position R. F. HUNTER, LTD. Sole Celfix Patentees and Manufacturers CELFIX HOUSE, 51, GRAY'S INN RD.. LONDON.W.CI Telephones: HOLBORN 7311-2 2 lines)