International photographer (Jan-Dec 1935)

November, 1935 T h INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER Thirteen William J. German, vice-president and general manager of J. E. Brulatour, Inc.. of New York, arrived recently in Hollywood to make a survey of the movie situation and to sojourn with the popular and efficient Brulatour representative on the West Coast, Edward (Eddie) O. Blackburn. Mr. German is delighted with the evidences of great production activity in the studios, with the local business of the Brulatour organization and with the operations of the Eastman Research Laboratory under the able direction of Emery Huse. Mr. German is the kind of man the late Will Rogers described as the sort he liked to have around, and he is thoroughly "sold" on Hollywood and its good people. There is a permanent ■welcome awaiting "Bill" German whenever he wants to visit Movie Town, and The International Photographer is not the last to greet him. William (Bill) German Recent Photograph and Sound Patents By ROBERT FuLWIDER, Registered Patent Attorney 2,012,995 — Stereoscopic Motion Picture. H. E. Ives, assignor to Bell Tel. Labs., New York. 2,013,020— Motion Picture Machine Control. Henry G. Weiss, assignor to Automatic Control Turnover Co., Cincinnati. 2,013,021 — Automatic Change-over Device. Henry G. Weiss, assignor to Automatic Control Turnover Co., Cincinnati. 2,013,109 — Photophonograph. Ellwood W. Reynolds, assignor to R. C. A. 2,013,116 — Photographic Matrix. Leonard T. Troland, assignor to Technicolor, Inc. 2,013,159 — Process of Chemically Transforming Photographic Image. Frederick Lierg, Dresden, Germany. 2,013,178 — Projection Apparatus. J. Eggert and Gerd Heymer, assignors to I. G. Farbenindustrie, Germany. 2,013,350 — Motion Picture Apparatus. Jacob F. Leventhal, New York. 2,013,362 — Automatic Diaphragm. Odon Riszendorfer, Budapest, Hungary. 2,013,363 — Photographic Apparatus. Odon Riszendorfer, Budapest, Hungary. 2,013,661 — Motion Picture Apparatus. Jacob Leventhal, New York. 2,013,842 — Apparatus for Stereoscopic Pictures. Lawrence F. Savage, London, England. 2,013,886 — Color Separation for Composite Motion Picture. Fred Jackman, assignor to Warner Bros. Pictures, N. Y. 2,014,076 — Adjustable Socket for Projection Lamps. Howard Wellman, assignor to Eastman Kodak Co. 2,014,099— Projector Film Gate. W. H. Bauch, assignor to Cornelius Engineering Co., Indianapolis. 2,014,202 — Film Handling Apparatus. W. D. Foster and F. D. Swjeet, assignors to Kinatome Patents Corp., New York. 2,014,435 — Composite Picture. Fred Jackman, assignor to Warner Bros. Pictures Inc., New York. 2,014,495 — Sound Recording. Leo Goldhammer, assignor to Agfa Ansco Corp., Binghamton, New York. 2,014,537 — Sound Reproducing Device. Milton H. Page, assignor to Trutone Audirilm Corp., Chicago, 111. 2,014,547 — Photographically Sensitive Element. George S. Babcock, assignor to Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. 2,014,606 — Three-Color Film and Process. Donald K. Allison, Beverly Hills, Calif. 2,014,767 — Device for Reproducing Sound from Film Records. Delton R. Kautz, Norwood, Ohio. 2,015,272 — Composite Motion Pictures. Fred Jackman, assignor to Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. 2,015,344 — Picture and Sound Reproduction. Wilho Kosken, Richmond Hill, N. Y. 2,015,346 — Continuous Film Processing Apparatus. Charles L. Lootens, assignor to Cinema Patents Co. Inc., N. Y. 2,015,637 — Cinematographic Apparatus (Film Gate). Clinton R. Hanna, assignor to Westinghouse Electric Co., Penn. NEW LENSES The already complete battery of lenses for the Leica camera is now being added to, according to E. Leitz, Inc., 60 East 10th St., New York City. Three new superb lenses have recently been made available for use on the Leica — an extremely wide-angle, a new special soft-focus portrait, and an extremely long-focus telephoto. The Hektor f:6.3, 28mm. lens appeals to those workers who require an extremely wide-angle objective which at the same time embodies certain fundamental optical characteristics which are not always to be found in lenses of this type. The Thambar 1:2.2, 90mm. lens is of revolutionary design, producing a plasticity and optical softness not produced in any other way. For portraits and pictorial work it is ideal, its speed making it doubly valuable. An auxiliary glass "central stop" controls the degree of softness. When stopped down to f:9 or more, the Thambar reverts automatically into a sharp-cutting lens, thus it is both a soft-focus and sharp lens at will. ANNOUNCED The Telyt f:4.5, 200mm. lens is a true telephoto lens which is used in conjunction with a mirror reflex focusing device. Here is the lens to pull in distant objects, producing them as close-ups on the negative. The visual focusing device, equipped with two special magnifiers, assures critical focusing with the greatest ease. These three new lenses, added to the battery of Leica lenses, make the Leica the most versatile and complete photographic equipment available. All lenses (excepting the Telyt, which focuses through the special mirror reflex device) coupled automatically with the famous "Autofocal" built-in range finder, making failures due to faulty focusing impossible. The new Leica lens booklet, "The Interchangeable Leica Lenses" (booklet 1243) is now available on request. It gives complete details about each of the thirteen Leica lenses now on the market. Just drop a card or letter to E. Leitz, Inc., 60 Eas* 10th St., New York City, and your copy will be promptly sent to you. Please mention The International Photographer when corresponding with advertisers.