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Arriflex 35
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from the full 1950's to the full 1970's |
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MOVIE CAMERAS |
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1 specimens available |
The Arriflex 35 (1937) was the first portable 35mm motion picture
camera, built with a rotating mirror reflex shutter designed by
Erich Kästner, Chief Engineer for Arnold & Richter Cine Technik
(ARRI) It allowed the operator to have a viewfinder image equal to
the recorded picture and the camera was small enough to use on
location filming for ‘close-up’ camera movement and ‘B’ camera work.
The camera was employed effectively as a 'battlefield camera'
during WWII by German newsreels. The Arriflex 35 utilizes a three
turret bayonet lens mount, and is capable of frame rates up to 90
frames per second with film magazines for 200 or 400 foot loads. The
DC motor mounts underneath the camera vertically and can be used as
a hand grip. A system called ‘Cine 60’ enabled the camera and motor
to be mounted parallel on a tripod. New models appeared over the
years: the 35 II in 1946, the IIA in 1953, the IIB in 1960 and
finally, the IIC in 1964. The larger picture shows our original
1940s Arriflex 35 Handkamera with a 400ft magazine
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