American Cinematographer - December 1980 - 31

(LEFT) The CP-35 500-foot quick acting displacement magazine loaded with film. A 1000-foot capacity magazine is also available. (RIGHT)
Rear view of the electronics system. Extensive use has been made of larger-scale integrated circuitry,
enabling all of the circuits
necessary to operate the basic camera system to be incorporated on a single prihted circuit card measuring approximately 11cm square.
(BELOW LEFT) Removed mid-rib drive side, showing belts, motor, etc. (RIGHT) Removed mid-rib film side, showing sprockets and film
threading path.

the CP35 have proven the camera to be
rock steady at all speeds up to 100 fps.

The hard chrome-plated aperture plate
easily removable for cleaning. It comes
with full-aperture opening as standard,
with provision for insertion of hard mattes
is

for other formats.

The

employs a half-speed
rotating reflex viewing mirror with a 180°
focal plane shutter behind it. The mirrorshutter is designed to automatically stop
in the viewing position.
The reflex viewfinding system is de¬
signed to incorporate every feature a pro¬
fessional cinematographer would re¬
quire, arranged in the most convenient
human-engineered manner possible. It
camera

utilizes

with

an interchangeable ground glass
provisions for insertion of a viewing

mask,

as

well

as a

frame of film for matte

shots. The

large, bright viewfinder image
remains erect through 360° of eyepiece
rotation. The erector prism is adjustable,
so that the camera operator can arbi¬
trarily establish image orientation to suit
any filming requirement.
The reflex viewing system also fea¬
tures de-anamorphising optics for use
with
two

anamorphic lenses. It also includes
contrast viewing filters and has

provision for a video tape for auxiliary
viewing. An extender tube is also
available for more convenient viewing
when the camera is mounted on a tripod
or dolly.

critical

BNC lens mount arrangement with the

position. Lenses may be mounted
full-aperture or the acad¬
emy center line.
Jack Lacey, the principal electronic
designer for the CP35, made extensive
use of larger-scale integrated circuitry,
enabling all of the circuits necessary to

anamorphic locating pin in the correct

Continued

video

The lens mount follows the standard

on

either the

on

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The control panel on the side of the camera, quite simplified, considering the
tication of the instrument, includes frame-rate select and a meter for checking

sophis¬
battery
condition, among other functions. An optional feature will be a through-the-lens metering
system-the first time such a feature will be available on a 35mm motion picture camera.



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