American Cinematographer - December 1980 - 76

ARRI DIRECTOR'S FINDER
-

OR SHOULD IT BE "DIRECTOR

OF PHOTOGRAPHY'S

Same

FINDER"?

Continued from

lens mount

Lets you check out the
next shot with exactly the same

cavity
as on camera.

Accepts all

you'll use on the camera.

ARRI mount
lenses.

want to see exactly
what you'll get, there's nothing
like looking through the taking
lens. (Close up or at T1.2, it's
especially critical, of course.) You
can see both the coverage of that
individual lens and the aspect
ratio marked on the groundglass.
You can see perspective. You can
focus, and stop down to check
depth of field.

split
rings for neck
strap; and
tripod socket.

Two

groundglasses
from 35-2C

Type 3.
Rotating
light trap and

or

Eyepiece is

dust cover.

same as

used

on

ARRI

Finder is
101/2 ins. long

with diopter

(without
lens); weighs

adjustment
and receptacle

1 lb. 9 oz.

for corrective

cameras,

Now you can do all that
while the camera is being reloaded
or having its gate checked. With a
tool that weighs 1 lb. 9 oz.

lenses.

Flange focal

ARRI

distance is
same as on
camera.

relief
brightness.

and comment.

Construction
The

projector is formed using a stan¬
rack and designed so that
element can be tilted 5 de¬
grees above and 10 degrees below the
horizontal for centering of the picture on

dard type 19"
the projection

the

screen.

The
d.

c.

complete drive system employs 4

motors each with an individual elec¬

tronic control

system.
principal motor drives the mirror
scanning wheel and the film sprockets
etc. in synchronous mode and up to 4
times normal speed. It is controlled elec¬
tronically by a phase and voltage com¬
parator. In high speed up to 30 times the
The

mirror wheel is disconnected and the

ARRIFLEX CORPORATION

Same

has the choice of

choice between the 2 methods of presen¬
tation of the completed film for review

If you

Slot accepts
any of six
ARRI 35mm

dubbing system for instance the
using either a
projected large picture or a TV picture on
a monitor for mixing coupled with a
a

user

lens

Page 1274

type operations.
In

bayonet

eye
and

PERFECTONE HIGH-SPEED
"COMITOR 16 HS"

Blauvelt, N.Y.: (914) 353-1400;

main motor

In Canada:

elements

Burbank, Calif.: (213) 841-7070
Arri/Nagra, Inc., Mississauga, Ont.: (416) 677-4033

stopped and the film driving
driven by an auxiliary

are

motor.

Film

spooling is achieved by 2 identical

motors similar to those used in the mag¬

netic sound machines.

Constant tension
INTRODUCING

MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION DICTIONARY

English-Russian
Russian- English
over

500 pages

The

of technical terms and equipment designa¬

as

well

both

during the Olympic Games and in co-productions.
dictionary has been thoroughly researched and checked with Russian

as

crews

are

invited to write for

quantity discounts.

is free from

ozone

employed which

emission and which is

dards. Alternative illuminants of 700 W,
1000 W or 1600 W can be fitted without

RUSSIAN-ENGLISH MOTION PICTURE &
TELEVISION DICTIONARY
P.O. Box 2230

change of overall dimensions. The com¬
plete lamphouse assembly comprising

Hollywood, CA 90028, U.S.A.
Please send

necessary.
A Xenon illuminant is

horizontally. In addition to the
advantages of high reliability and long
life resulting in low running costs, the
colour temperature of the screen image
produced from Xenon is in accordance
with European recommended TV stan¬

Official Publication of the

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS
Dealers

a capacity of 1200 metres and as a
result of the very precise control of ten¬
sion the use of film flanged spools is un¬

mounted

American technicians.
An

ensures

has

tions for both Motion Pictures and Television to facilitate communications with

the Russian

the film

associated electronic control system.
The film plate and bobbin assembly

by George Kent
This book contains

on

completely satisfactory spooling in either
direction of running and at any speed.
Control of torque is by roller arms rest¬
ing on the film spools and coupled to
potentiometers giving information to the

copies of the Dictionary $15.00 each, plus $1.00 handling fee. No C.O.D.'s.

the Xenon unit itself, the

aspheric mirror
unit, and the ventilation system is all in¬
corporated in the rack together with the

Name

Address

control elements. The rectifier unit must
City, State

or Country
California residents please

remit 60,o sales tax ($.90 per

International

1286

Money Order

or

Zip
book). Foreign Buyers please

U.S. Funds.

be external.
pay

by

The

heating effect of the infra-red
components in the light beam is elimi¬
nated by the characteristics of the mirror

AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER,

DECEMBER, 1980
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