Movies for TV - Early Television Foundation

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FUNDAMENTALS
full-frame follow-focus. This means that it is possible to watch
the scene being filmed through the lens which is recording on the
film all the time that the scene is being filmed. Thus, the cameraman
sees exactly the same things that are recorded on the film,
and errors due to parallax or lack of coordination between the
camera lens and the view finder are eliminated.
The Auricon cameras are very interesting additions to the
16 mm line inasmuch as all three are essentially single system
cameras which can also be used for double system recording. The
notes which follow shortly illustrate their versatility. For the sake
of convenience, the cameras have been listed alphabetically and
are treated in that order.
The Akely 35 mm Camera This is a high-grade professional
movie camera. Electrically driven, it is a highly precisioned piece
of equipment and produces excellent results. It is used by Para
mount for recording the picture in their intermediate film, big
screen television equipment and for kinescoping purposes.
The Auricon Group Auricon cameras made by Messers.
Berndt-Bach of Los Angeles, California, are unique in the 1 6
mm equipment line (and the 35 mm, too, for that matter). They
are designed initially as high-quality picture-producing equipment,
but provision is also made for recording high-fidelity single system
sound. The camera proper is illustrated in Figures 3-1 and "3-2.
These show the camera with a three-lens turret and a single-lens
mounting with the side open.
Figure 3-1 shows the view finder which automatically corrects
for parallax and indicates the distance to the subject. A number
of spare mattes (masks) for different lens lengths are carried in
the body of the finder so that the correct field size can be obtained
with any lens.
The camera is designed to take 16 mm single perforation film
since it is intended for sound work. However, it* is ,
: possible that
double perforation film would pass through. The opened camera
shows the 200-foot magazine and the film passage can be identified