Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1948)

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150 AMERICAN BOLEX COMPANY Model: Bolex G-816 Lamp: 750 watt Lens:f/1.6 Capacity: 400' Projects: forward and reverse Special features: gear driven; single and double blade shutters; stills; adapts to project both 8mm. and 16mm. film. Price: $331.00 EQUIPMENT SURVEY: 3 IN this third presentation, Movie Makers surveys the 8mm. projectors now being offered to the amateur filmer. Twelve of them are silent. One, the Movie Sound 8, is synchronized with sound on disc. In studying the data presented here, the reader should keep in mind that certain features are had in common by all of these projectors and have not, therefore, been itemized. Among these are: AC and DC operation; variable speed control; a one inch focal length lens; framing device, power rewind and tilt control. The prices given are those of the manufacturers' lists and have been quoted from their correspondence, projector booklets or current advertising. There is no Federal Excise Tax on projectors. New filmers can best evaluate the varying technical features of the many projectors itemized here by referring to the article, Choosing Your Projector, on page 152 of this number of Movie Makers. Equipment Survey: 1 covered current 8mm. cameras and appeared in December, 1947, Movie Makers. Equipment Survey: 2 covered current 16mm. silent cameras and appeared in February, 1948. Movie Makers. AMPRO CORPORATION Model: Ampro A-8 Lamp: 750 watt Lens: f 1.6 coated Capacity: 400' Projects: forward and reverse Special features: stills; coated condenser; pilot light. Price: $168.00 Here are the 8mm. projectors . . . in the third of a series of fact and photo studies of amateur movie goods BELL & HOWELL COMPANY Model: Filmo Master 400 Lamp: 500 watt Lens: f/1.6 coated Capacity: 400' Projects: forward Special features: gear driven; stills. Price: $157.50 BELL & HOWELL COMPANY Model: Filmo Picture Master Lamp: 750 watt Lens: f/1.6 coated Capacity: 400' Projects: forward and reverse Special features: gear driven; stills; pilot light; hinged film gate; base-up lamp. Price: $262.00 CONTINENTAL PRODUCTS CORPORATION Model: Movie Sound 8 Lamp: 500 watt Lens: f/2 coated Capacity: 200' Projects: forward Special features this projector, a Kodascope Eight-33 rebuilt with a synchronous motor, is electrically coupled and synchronized to a single disc turntable, amplifier and speaker. The disc sound accompaniment is a re-recording from the 35mm. or 16mm. sound on film track originally used with the library film in question. The projector, which still runs at 16 fps, also can be used with 8mm. silent films. Price: $225.00