Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1949)

147 independent control of room lights — is a possible solution for the old problem of operating both lights and projector. Priced at $2.98, the Control Cord is manufactured by Ewart and Koch, 15 Brattle Street, Cambridge 38, Mass. Scotland in shorts Elder Film Productions, Limited, 118 Blythswood Street, Glasgow, Scotland, announce a new series of films — Color Cine Scenics — intended to bring the beauties of Scotland's lochs and glens to the home movie fan. Priced at £7, the films are available in 16mm. color only. Range finder Hugo Meyer & Company, Inc., has available a new series R cam-coupled range finder especially for the Busch 4 by 5 series D still camera. The new range finder has all the features of the series P, including the compensating curve cam. Full information may be had by writing the manufacturer at 39 West 60th Street, New York 23, N. Y. Post acquisitions Post Pictures Corporation has obtained exclusive 16mm. release rights to thirty six new Monogram features, to be released during 1949. The films are all 16mm. sound, black and white. Full information regarding them may be had from Post Pictures Corporation, 115 West 45th Street, New York 19, N. Y. Sound adapter Conversion of 16mm. silent projectors to sound is made possible through the use of the Apex sound on film adapter, manufactured by the APEX-VIDEO'S sound on film adapter plays through any radio. The sound head (right) is mounted on the projector. Apex-Video Company, Balboa, Calif. A special mounting bracket for each model and make of projector insures synchronization for the adapter; which may be played through any radio. Roll film dryer A portable, electrically driven and heated roll film dryer is being marketed by Micro Record Corporation, 20 East 181st Street, New York 53, N. Y. In less than ten minutes, the equipment will dry 100 feet of double 8mm., 100 feet of 16mm., 50 feet of 35mm. or 25 feet of 70mm. film. An automatic adjuster permits film to contract naturally while drying without any danger of distorting the images. Total weight is approximately seventeen pounds. List price of the Micro Record roll film dryer is $112, tax included. DeJur attachments Dejur-Amsco Corporation, Long Island City, N. Y., announces the availability of Wollensak wide angle accessory lenses for use with its 8mm. camera line. The units include lens and DeJUR-AMSCO has added Wollensak wide angle attachments to its line, for both single lens and turret front cameras. viewfinder attachments for both single lens and turret cameras and are designed for use on 13mm. lenses of either //1.9 or //2.5 speed. No compensation in exposure is necessary, though the field of view is doubled through the use of the attachments. Source directory The producers of Radiant projection screens have announced the completion of a new directory of 16mm. sound and silent film sources. The directory gives the name and address of producer or distributor and lists specific information pertinent to obtaining films. Copies are available for a quarter from all Radiant dealers. Sterling catalog A new 16 page il lustrated catalog of home movies has just been issued by Sterling Films, Inc., 61 West 56th Street, New York 19, N. Y. The catalog may be obtained from photographic dealers or by writing directly to the publisher. B & H innovations Bel1 & Howell's new Filmo Regent 8mm. projector differs from most other Filmo projectors in that it can be run on A.C. only. Its other basic and compensating difference is its low price —$149.50. Equipped with a 1 inch //1.6 lens and a 500 watt prealigned projection lamp, the Regent has a 400 foot film capacity. Bell & Howell also announces its entry into the film manufacturing industry with its purchase of the principal assets of the Kryptar Corporation, Rochester, N. Y. Kryptar patents, trade name, records and other intangible assets were included in the purchase price of $325,000, although Bell & Howell does not intend to make further use of the Kryptar trade name. The Kryptar plant will be used solely for the production of microfilm, which will be distributed by Burroughs Adding Machine Company, Detroit, Mich. The Rochester plant will be Bell & Howell's sixth in its manufacturing chain. Camera Mart products The Camera Mart, Inc., 70 West 45th Street, New York City, announces that it is now distributing the Colortran converter and the Hallen magnetic film synchronous recorder in the East. The Colortran converter utilizes new electrical principles to produce approximately 4000 watts of light (corrected to 3200 or 3400 degrees Kelvin) from only one 15 ampere source of power. The Hallen recorder is priced at $1500. Wirgin lenses Camera Specialty Company, Inc., 50 West 29th Street, New York 1, N. Y., has added two new wide angles to its Wirgin line of lenses. They are the Wirgin 7mm. Luvar //2.5 for 8mm. cameras and the Wirgin 12Vkmm. Luvar //2.5 for 16mm. cameras. Both THE WIRGIN 7mm. Luvar f/2.5 wide angle lens (left) is designed for 8mm. cameras. Its companion, the Wirgin 12V2mm. Luvar f/2.5 does the same work for 16mm. cameras. lenses are coated. List price of the 7mm. lens is $39.50, while the 12y2mm. version retails for $45.00; tax is included in each case. Kuscher returns Robert C. Ber ner, vicepresident and general manager of DejurAmsco Corporation, announces the return of Jack J. Kuscher in the capacity of general sales manager. This is a new post created to coordinate, under Mr. Berner's policy direction, sales and advertising activities of the company's domestic, export and commercial divisions. Mr. Berner has recently been associated with Louis Lefkowitz & Bros, and Franklin Photographic Industries.