Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1949)

324 LEADS AGAIN 5 gives clearer, sharper WIDE ANGLE 16 mm movie shots — even in dim light I $88.95 (lax included) • 7-element lens gives microscopic definition • Covers 4X field of standard 1" lens • All elements coated • Filter retaining ring for Series VI filter • Depth of focus scale • Click stops on diaphragm • Front and rear lens caps • For color and black-and-white • Models to fit all 16 mm movie cameras including Kodak No lens like this has ever been made before! Elgeet's new 13mm f:1.5 Wide Angle Lens for 16mm movie cameras has the shortest focal length of any wide angle lens — nearly three times the speed of any other American-made lens. It covers four times the area of a standard 1 " lens . . . lets you take group pictures at close-up range . . . room scenes without panning the camera. Even in poorlylighted interiors, its ultra-fast speed gets the picture . . . gives you clearer, sharper wide angle shots than ever before possible! Ask your photo dealer to show you this superb new lens, and other popular-priced Elgeet accessory lenses that will help you get the most out of your movies. Send for free "Meter and Exposure Guide" ... a folder that will help you get better movies. METER INDEXES EXPOSURE GUIDES FOB BCTTCt QUALITY LENSES OPTICAL COMPANY, INC. 59 ATLANTIC AVE. • ROCHESTER, N. Y. iect^ieti t/8Plc</ucfo tyWiebe QuaMu & $m/wbta*d \ . . ELGEET LEADS SEPTEMBER 1949 thirty years but never in any organization of amateurs. My membership application is herewith enclosed. His (Morton's) cooperative influence is responsible for this. C. T. Kirkby, ACL Oakland, Calif. A LOT OF FUN Dear Movie Makers: We have been getting your magazine at news-stands for a long time and like it very much. Now I would like to be a member of ACL. My latest pictures have been 700 feet of 16mm. color, Gift of a Glacier, made for the City of Boulder on our water supply. Also Stocking Our Lakes and Streams, for the Boulder Fish and Game Club. I sure have a lot of fun shooting these pictures. Carl T. Olson. ACL Boulder, Colo. ACTUALLY DOES WORK Dear Mr. Moore: As I have tried the sound on wire system described by Mr. Levett in April Movie Makers, together with a great many other systems for achieving sync-sound, I am led to make the following comments. His stroboscopic system actually does work — and well, too. But a system of this nature is difficult (if not impossible) to start "on the nose" and must be brought into sync as the picture progresses. Also, ideal conditions of line voltage regulation are a prime necessity. In many locations the starting of a motor of ^4 horsepower or more momentarily drops the line voltage to as low as 90 volts. Such a drop cannot be accurately corrected in any strobe disc system tried by me, as synchronization again must be established by observation. Joseph A. Wagner, ACL Verona. Pa. Questions ^>j Answers New Prices BELL AND HOWELL PROJECTORS and CAMERAS Terms or Trade Filmo 8 Turret Magazine Camera $117.86 Filmo 16 MM Auto Load F 2.5 139.29 Filmosound Auditorium sound Projector 549.50 Filmosound New Academy sound Projector 474.50 No Finance Charges FRANK LANE AND CO. 5 LITTLE BLDG., BOSTON, MASS. Astounding bargains in used Alms and equipment. Send for lists; state 8 mm. 16 mm or sound. ANIMATED MOVIE TITLES 8 mm. or 16 mm. BLACK & WHITE KODACHROME WE ENLARGE 8 mm. to 16 mm. WE REDUCE 16 mm to 8 mm. WE DUPLICATE 8 mm. OR 16 mm. (BLACK & WHITE OR KODACHROME) DISTINCTIVE ANIMATED TITLES MADE TO ORDER FADES • DISSOLVES • FLIPS ZOOMS • EXPLOSIONS • ETC.. | FREE SAMPLE TITLE 8 mm. or 16 mm. GIVE DEALER'S NAME U.S. PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT CORP. 447 SOGERS .\ VENUE . BROOKLYN 2 5. NY. 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 BETTER ARRANGEMENT? Dear Sirs: With reference to Sam Goldman's letter and Warren A. Levett's reply, if the takeup spool rotates at constant speed then obviously a stroboscope can be used, beating against the projector beam light. Would not a better arrangement be to use a neon lamp over the strobo