Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1952)

MOVIE MAKERS 149 Inside a lens Ever wonder how a complex, high-speed lens gets that way? If so, a recent wall display donated by the Elgeet Optical Company to Brackett Clark Hall of Eastman House, in Rochester, will answer your interest. The display shows the development of a 13mm. //1.5 wide angle lens for 16mm. cameras, tracing its growth from detailed engineering drawings, through an exploded assembly of its hundreds of parts, to a cross section of the lens itself. Clingtite Pliable, red plastic letters, which will adhere on contact to glass, steel and other non-porous surfaces, are offered in an assortment of 157 characters (1 inch high), together with two 8 by 10 inch title boards, in the Clingtite kit for $2.95. The company, Clingtite Products. 4844 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, 111., offers free sample letters and a titling suggestion sheet to Movie Makers readers. A movie "must" Kodaks latest booklet — called the Kodak Cine Photoguide — simply has to be seen to be believed. Ringbound in a four-color fabrikoid cover, it is comprised of 32 "pages," which are more accurately described as individual, pliable-plastic data cards, 4 by 4% News of the Industry Up to the minute reports on new products and services in the movie field DAVID GOLDSTEIN, right, president of Elgeet Optical Co., Rochester, and Beaumont Newhall, the curator of Eastman House, study the lens company's display, a gift to the memorial photomuseum. inches in size. Packed into this pocketsized format are an incredible number of helpful facts and figures for the active amateur filmer. The Cine Photoguide is divided into three main sections, each handily tabindexed. These are Exposure (15 pp.), Story (4 pp.) and About Lenses (12 pp. ) . Included in this coverage are no less than five of Kodak's familiar dial computers, for (1) daylight exposure, (2) floodlight exposure. (3) plotting a story, a dial called here the Kodak Movie Organizer, (4) depth of field, and (5) effective closeup apertures. Of the five, the Kodak Movie Organizer is unique, in that it pins down basic film planning for the first time in computer format. Movie Makers will analyze this remarkable device at length in our July issue. The Kodak Cine Photoguide, a movie maker's must, is at your dealer's for $1.75. Revere T-700 Latest in a line of magnetic tape recorders created by the Revere Camera Company is the Model T-700, incorporating what the maker calls "balancedtone" control of amplifier and acoustic system to create a frequency response of from 80 to 8000 cycles per second. Other technical features of the T-700 are push-button controls of the record. MAGNETIC-ON-FILM, left, adds a new adherent with the 16mm. optical-magnetic sound projector pictured, a product of the DeVry Corporation, Chicago. The unit will be fully analyzed in an early issue of MOVIE MAKERS. playback and stop functions; an index counter for "cataloguing" the positions of varied recordings within a reel of tape, and a high-speed forward and rewind lever. Two hours of recording time are offered by the unit's 7 inch reel, 3% speed and dual-track design. Standard equipment includes a microphone, radio or phono input cord, two reels (one with tape), and a carrying case, at a list of $225. Award to Hargrove Thomas J. H argrave, president of the Eastman Kodak Company, was named winner last month of the 1952 award from Rochester's Rotarians for his "outstanding contributions" to this upstate New York community. Mr. Hargrave has been general chairman of the Rochester Community Chest for two years, is a former president of the city's USO and was twice chairman of local Red Cross campaigns. Two-lens viewer A two lens optical system, guaranteed by the manufacturer to create more magnification than in any similar unit, has been added recently to the Guild 35. a hand-held viewer for 35mm. slides and film strips. A product of Craftsmen's Guild. 1001 N. Orange Drive, Hollywood 38. Calif., the new Guild 35 will remain at its former price of $3.50. Jiffy screen Tne Radiant Jiffy. 36 inches square and weighing only 6 pounds, is the most recent contribution of the Radiant Manufacturing Company to projection comfort. Designed for use on tables or desks, the Jiffy has rubber tipped feet to pro MAGNETIC-ON-TAPE, right, adds refinements in the Model T-700, latest in well-liked line of recorders created by Revere Camera Corporation at $225.