The international photographer (Jan-Dec 1931)

Thirty-six The INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER May, 1931 Fearless Camera Convertible 35-50 Designed to Be Silent and for Photographing* Color Pictures Without Alterations — Ten Minutes for Width Shift THE new Fearless camera is built, first, to be silent so that it can be used in the open without any sound-proof covering for all ordinary shots; second, the design allows sufficient room to accommodate film up to 50 mm. in width; third, it readily can be converted to the special width films; fourth, for taking colored pictures in the camera without any alterations; fifth, for recording sound directly in the camera if so desired, and lastly and most important, 35 mm. film can be used in it also. From the cameraman's point of view, the most interesting feature is that of being able to use the camera for either 35 mm. or wide film. The camera is normally equiped for 35 mm. film. A special movement for 50 mm. film has been developed, and this movement is interchangeable with the 35. Two interchangeable sprocket and roller assemblies have been developed. One is for 35 mm. film and the other for 50 mm. So merely by removing one movement and sprocket assembly and substituting the other, the camera can be used for either size film. This feature applies to any other size film up to 50 mm. The changeover from one size to the other can be made in less than ten minutes. The magazines also are convertible for film sizes up to 50 mm. This is accomplished by providing the film rollers with a relief so that the 35 mm. film is properly guided into the magazine and by furnishing special take-up spools for the narrow film. These spools hold the film central in the magazine and prevent it from creeping, to one side or the other. In fact, they practically act as a film reel. . Special Adapter Standard 35 mm. magazines also can be employed on the camera when using 35 mm. film, thus making it possible to retain some of the equipment the producer now has. This is accomplished by making a special adapter which fastens on top of the camera. This partially covers the hole Showing new Fearless motor adapter and clutch combination for mounting motor directly on camera for the large size film and excludes all light from the inside of the camera when using the 35 mm. magazines. With the adapter in place standard 35 mm. magazines can be used. Other features of the camera include a quick focusing device, full force feed lubrication to all major driven parts, all driving parts being inclosed and running in an oil bath, two built-in footage counters and built-in three-speed dissolving gear mechanism. The camera also may be equipped for sound recording within the camera. To elaborate on the method of focusing the photographic lens the camera is built with a sliding turret and lens carrier on the front of the camera box. This carrier is mounted in dovetails and so constructed that it may be shifted across the front of the camera box to a point where the photographic lens is in front of the ground glass of the focusing tube. The lens carrier is made so that the light shade is mounted to it, and instead of having to shift the camera, magazine, motors, cables, etc., only the light weight lens system and matte box is shifted. The actual shifting is accomplished by merely pressing down a knob and moving a lever from one side of the camera to the other. This focusing operation is performed so quickly that it has been a revelation to all who have seen it. Suitable stops prevent overtravel, and suitable locks are provided to hold the lens carrier either on the focusing position or in the photographic position. The image is viewed with a conventional finder or focusing magnifier, which is supplied for either five or ten power. The focusing telescope is of the simple astronomical type, and reinverts the inverted image formed by the lens on the ground glass, thus bringing the viewed image right side up and right side to. Absorbing Vibration The camera can be furnished with a built-in auxiliary recording aperture at the proper distance from the photographic aperture and sprocket for recording sound directly in the ROY DAVIDGE FILM LABORATORIES An Exclusive ' ''Daily ' ' La boratory Quality and Service 6701-6715 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD GRanite 3108