Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1949)

128 APRIL 1949 PROFESSIONAL JUNIOR CAMERA EQUIPMENT Interchangeable-Removable Head Tripods FRICTION TYPE Handles 16mm. EK Cine Special with or without motor; 35mm. DeVry; B&H Eyemo with motor and 400' magazine; and all 16mm. handheld cameras. Head is interchangeable with the Gear Drive head. Both types fit "Professional Junior" standard tripod base. "Hi-Hat" and "Baby" all-metal tripod base. GEAR DRIVE The head/ made of Dow Metal magnesium, weighs but 5V2 lbs. and is interchangeable with the Friction type head. It handles all types of cameras. Snapon metal cranks control pan and tilt action from both sides. Worm-driven gears are Gov't spec, bronze. Standard Tripod Base and Collapsible, Adjustable Metal Triangle •{£^sss=at»^^ BLIMP for 16mm. E. K CINE SPECIAL This Blimp, constructed of Dow Metal magnesium, is thoroughly insulated to afford absolute silent operation. Exclusive features: follow-focus mechanism permits change of lens focus while camera is operating in blimp. Blimp takes synchronous motor drive which couples to camera. A dovetail bracket is provided to mount an erect image viewfinder. SUNSHADE & FILTER HOLDER COMBINATION For Bolex and Cine Special 16mm. cameras. Holds two 2" sq. glass filters and a round 2Vi" Pola Screen with handle which can be rotated for polarization. Covers all lenses from 15mm. to 6" telephoto and eliminates need of filters. Precision made of the finest materials. Compact, simple to assemble and dismount. May be permanently affixed to camera or quickly detached. — ALSO AVAILABLE — BABY TRIPODS 3 WHEEL PORTABLE DOLLYS CHANGING BAGS "HI-HATS" Send for our catalog. It describes all our products completely FRANK C. ZUCKER (7nni€RH €ouipm€nT (o ^-* i6oo raoflDUifly \ new MORK CITU ^** light from the White Sands reflects directly back on his camera, he will get a meter reading of 800 or more Weston. But if he shoots from that spot what will he have? Nothing! On highly lighted subjects there should be pronounced shadows. And if you have the shadows, the meter won't read 800 or 1000. Ralph E. Gray, FACL San Antonio, Texas Dear Sirs: My chief reason for taking my pen in hand is an article in Movie Makers on whether Kodachrome should be exposed at smaller than //ll or not. It seems to me that in almost all cases the exposure meter has no argument with the Eastman Kodak Company. A meter correctly used will nearly always bear out the Kodak statement that a stop smaller than //ll will result in underexposure. Exceptions to this are so rare that they seldom come within the experience of the average movie maker — and it is to this person that Kodak directs their advice. I do not believe that Eastman expects experienced cameramen to depend on their simple, general rules to get along. William W. Vincent, Jr., FACL Kenosha, Wise. We doubt it too, as evidenced by Mr. Tuttle's closing sentence in his half of the discussion: "The successful photographer is one who has learned to make pictures he likes with his own equipment, regardless of how far he has to depart from the recommendations of the manufacturer." Questions ^ liiiiimmoiiiiiiiiiiiii Answers Readers are invited to submit basic problems of general interest for answer in this column. Replies by letter to individuals must be reserved for members of the Amateur Cinema League. Address: Questions & Answers, c/o Movie Makers. A AND B CAMERAS Dear Movie Makers: I was listening recently to a filming discussion in which some distinction called "A and B cameras" came up. It seemed to have something to do with shutter speed and exposures, but I'm not sure that I understand just what. Can you explain? James B. Johns Portland, Ore. A so-called A camera is one with a shutter speed of 1/30 of a second, while a B camera shutter is timed at 1/40 of a second. The latter speed is now comparatively rare, having been used widelv only on very early Bell & Howell models 141, Golf, 71 and 75.