Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1931)

88 News of the industry RUSSELL C. HOLSLAC FEBRUARY 1931 New NJZO ■ A most modern model of the Cine Nizo 16mm. motion picture camera, the product of Neizoldi and Kramer of Germany, was recently shown at the League office by Burleigh Brooks, importer of optical goods of 127 West 42nd Street, New York City. The new Nizo is a substantially built camera and has many features which will commend it to the serious amateur. Its shape is a novel combination of the "envelope" and rectangular and its balance is easily maintained when hand held. The release button is at the rear of the camera while the speed control, which provides for eight, sixteen, thirty two and forty eight frames per second as well as for "lock" and "running" positions, is controlled from the side. Spring wind is accomplished by a permanently attached handle from the same side and a separate hand crank may be used when the spring is not under tension. The finder is of the gunsight type with compensation for closeup shots. There is plenty of room in the interior of the camera for threading and an ingenious single control is provided for releasing the pressure rollers in order to thread the main sprocket. Of particular interest Recent arrival from Answers the query, "What's new?" for amateur and dealer Germany — the newest of Cine Nizo Cameras are two swinging arms which hold the film taut upon the spools at all times. The intermittent motion is a double claw and the spring release is so arranged that the camera stops at all times with the shutter closed. Thirty feet of film may be exposed at one winding of the spring. These are the features of the regular CineNizo, but a turret model is also available with a special lock which makes three lens camera operation most dependable. There is also available, as an "extra," a really professional type of focus on film device. In installing this device, a prism is inserted at the back of the aperture and, by means of another prism and a magnifying system, the image is perceived right side up by sighting through a tube from the back of the camera. A light valve is provided so that the interior of the camera is light tight at all times. By means of this device, the image may be inspected on the film while taking the picture. Still Photometer ■ Cinematographers who also are interested in good still camera technique will be glad to learn of the adaptation of the Bell & Russell C. Holsla Howell Photometer for use with this medium. Retaining the matched illumination feature of the original instrument but with a revision in the scale readings, the new Photometer not only provides correct exposure readings expressed in terms of diaphragm settings but also gives accurately correlated reading for shutter speeds, emulsion and filter factors. This instrument comes complete in a leather case. Stars in SOUnd ■ Home projectionists planning talkie programs will be delighted to know that one more professional producer, Columbia Pictures Corporation of 729 Seventh Avenue, New York City, has now made its entry into the 16mm. field. Three professional sound shorts are to be released this month; each of these will be a full four hundred foot reel, together with the professional 16 inch, 33 1/3 disc for use on any standard home talkie apparatus. Proposed releases include subjects with such stars as Jules Bledsoe, Frank Crumit and Lambert Murphy, as well as a series of the delightful synchronized Krazy Kat cartoons. Harry A. Kapit who directs this work is himself a well known pioneer in 16 mm. sound apparatus. Pathe talkie m This department has recently witnessed a striking demonstration at the offices of Pathe Films, Inc., 35 West 45th Street, New York City, of a complete portable talkie attachment which may be quickly adapted to any 9.5mm. or 16mm. projector. Included in a neat leather covered carrying case are the efficient, electrically driven turntable motor, complete w it h projector attachment, sixteen inch . turntable, Audak professional type pickup and connections for use through the radio amplifying system. A separate amplifier and dynamic loud speaker will also be supplied in a matching case at additional cost if desired. The entire system is thoroughly satisfactory in operation and particularly if the matched amplifier and speaker is used. Pathe engineers will be glad to advise with [Continued on page 106]