Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1949)

* * * * AMERICA'S FOREMOST CAMERAMEN PREFER THE BOLEX H-16 Bill Daniels Kern-Paillard Lenses for the Bolex H-16 Switar 1" f/1.4 $183.75 r , Pizar l" f/1.5 ? 9T.00 +ea Yvar 15mm f/2.8 S T8.75 ■ Yvar 3" f/2.5 S128.34 "" ■ Here's why BILL DANIELS prefers the BOLEX H-16 Automatic Threading: No need to use expensive magazine-loaded films. Bolex automatic threading eliminates all danger of imperfect threading. Turret Head for Three Lenses: Accommodates standard "A" or "C" type mounts. Tri-focal Tubular Viewfinder: With exact fields for 15mm, l"and 3" lenses as standard equipment, viewfinder provides for absolute correction of parallax down to 18 inches. Invaluable for title and closeup work. Critical Visual Focusing: Groundglass focusing for instant and accurate focus through the lens; magnifies image 15 diameters. Focal Plane Type Shutter: Rotating disc, 190° opening, revolves only 118/1000 of an inch from emulsion side of film preventing linear distortion and giving faultless registration on the film. This is a Bolex exclusive. Frame Counter: Accurate frame counters add or subtract automatically. Footage Counter: Adds and subtracts accurately in forward and reverse. Audible Footage Indicator: You hear a click with passage of each 10 inches of film. Variable Speeds: Speed range is 8, 10, 24, :i2, fit and all intermediate. The governor maintains constant speed with the closest tolerance. Hand Crank Operation: Either forward or reverse hand cranking is standard equipment. Speed is governor-controlled and any amount of film can be cranked in either direction. Dissolves, fades, tricks are easy. Single Frame Exposures: Takes stills or animated sequences at 1/20 to 1/25 second exposures, or with "time1" exposure. Pressure Plate: Maintains linn, precise pressure on film, insuring rock-steady pictures. Single Claw Operation: Designed to permit adaptation for use witli Bound film. The Bolex in a precision instrument built like the finest Swiss watch tnj Swiss craftsmen. 1948 A cademy A ward Winner for Cinematography (B&W)on"The Naked City" uses the Bolex H-16 «gd§i||Sflf ill ■ •■'*» ,.Ht'm^l*f*^ ; SSSM'SSSiS Shown here are five enlarged frames taken from a Home Movie sequence made recently by Bill Daniels. Such fine enlargements are possible— even on paper —because the pictures were taken with a Bolex H-16. In combination with its Kern-Paillard* Lenses, the exclusive shutter mechanism of the Bolex H-16 assures faultless registration of the image on the film— in color or black-and-white. The BOLEX H-16 Less lens, $282.50 no fed. tax PROFESSIONALS and advanced amateurs prefer the Bolex H-16 because it gives them every advantage they demand— yet permits the ea.se of operation that use for Home Movies requires. Created and produced admittedly for the one movie maker in 100 who can appreciate the finest, the Bolex H-16 is now the choice of exacting 16mm Home Movie cameramen all over the world. Swiss precision engineering has designed, in the H-16, a faultless instrument which you can depend upon to get the picture every time ... in every climate and under all conditions. Drop into your camera dealer's today. Let him show you the many professional effects you can get with the H-16 and without extra equipment or gadgets. Handle it, sight it, check its simplicity of operation. You'll know why America's foremost cameramen prefer the Bolex H-16 for their Home Movies. -'KERN-PAILLARD LENSES are respected throughout the world for their consistent high quality. Available in Switar 1" f/1.4, Pizar 1" f/1.5, Yvar 15mm f/2.8 and Yvar 3" f/2.5. A'ote: The Switar 1" f/1.4 is as fine as any speed lens ever made for the 16mm field. A PAILLARD PRODUCT MOTION PICTURE CAMERAS WRITE TODAY for descriptive folder MM-119 on camera and lenses to: PAILLARD PRODUCTS, INC., 265 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 16, N. Y. Bolex Cameras are sold and serviced through leading camera dealers everywhere.