Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1949)

©C1B 2-0S24 2 MOVIE MAKERS 319 THE TEN BEST CONTEST Established in 1930, MOVIE MAKERS selection of the Ten Best amateur films of the year is the oldest, most honored contest in the world of personal filming. It is open to • Amateurs Everywhere • 8mm. or 16mm. Films • Black and White or Color • Silent or Sound • Short or Long • On Any Subject THE MAXIM MEMORIAL AWARD Established in 1937, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award is the most treasured trophy in the amateur film world. Carrying with it a cash prize of $100.00 and a miniature, silvered replica of the Memorial, the Maxim Award is given annually to the one amateur film judged the best of the Ten Best. The Maxim Award has been won by all kinds of films— 8mm. and 16mm.— black and white and color— silent and soundshort and long. Any fine film can win. Your film can win— by entering it in the Ten Best Competition for 1949, closing OCTOBER 15. Send the Certificate Below for Each Film That You Submit to MOVIE MAKERS 420 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N. Y. Place . Date (name) certify that: (cross out inapplicable statement) 1. I have NOT rented, sold or received compensation from a client, and will not so do prior to Dec. 1, 1949, for: 1. I HAVE rented, sold or received compensation from a client, or will so do prior to Dec. 1, 1949, for: a motion picture made by me entitled (name of film) (signature) IN HOME MOVIES ... the Heart of a perfect picture is a Kern-Paillard lens Standard of Quality and Precision the World Over. Made by the manufacturers of the world-famous Kern Microscope. KernPaillard Cine lenses are designed and constructed by Swiss precision craftsmen . . . there is nothing finer in the home movie field. Every Kern-Paillard lens is fully color corrected, specially coated, in focusing mount. Built-in lens shade, except the 16mm telephoto. Prices include Federal tax. FOR BOLEX H-16 CAMERA Switar 1" f/1.4 $183.75. Finest speed lens for 16mm cameras. Cuts sharp from corner to corner of frame. Automatic depth of focus scale, micrometer click-stops. The NEW Pizar 1" f/1.5 $97.00 (Introductory price). Sister to the Switar with the same superb optical characteristics. Corrected to f/1.5, without depth of focus scale. Equals the Switar in all other respects. Yvar 15mm f/2.8 (Wide Angle) $78.75. Gives excellent definition even at full aperture; 6<Ki greater field than 1" lenses. Yvar 3" f/2.5 $128.34. Fastest 3" telephoto lens. "C" Mount for Bolex and other cameras, f/2.5 aperture gives excellent results under adverse light conditions. Micrometer click-stops. FOR BOLEX H-8 and other CAMERAS Switar y2" f/1.5 $160.42. Finest and fastest 8mm speed lens made. It gives the 8mm user a quality picture never deemed possible on 8mm film, in color or black and white. Has automatic depth of focus scale, micrometer click-stops. Yvar 25mm f/2.5 (Telephoto) $68.25. A precisely built medium telephoto lens with exceptional speed. Excellent for outdoor sports and indoor portrait work. Yvar 36mm f/2.8 (Telephoto) $89.54. A longer range telephoto for close-ups of distant subjects. Takes pictures that rival lGmm telephoto shots in detail and quality. Yvar y2" f/2.8 (For Bolex L-8 only) $49.55. Especially designed for 8mm use. Precision-built, its special optical system insures pin-point detail. Ask your photo dealer to explain details on Kern-Paillard lenses which are designed especially for the Bolex camera. Kern-Paillard precision lenses PAILLARD PRODUCTS, Inc., 265 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N. Y.