Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

662888

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

3

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

Heavy silver metal camera body has selected black and clear synthetic fittings; black imitation leather and bright chrome trims; selected areas [ie. face plates, setting charts, etc.] have flat black finish; black leather handle; glass optics in lens & filter; grey, red and black text and other markings; black rubber eyepiece shield. Adhesive-backed tape used to secure eyepiece shield. Waxed string [?] cord used to secure .2 cover to film magazine.

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

46,0 cm

Largeur

8,0 cm

Hauteur

27,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

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Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Photographie

Catégorie

Cameras ciné

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Beaulieu

Pays

France

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Période

Inconnu

Canada

Owned and used by Canadian film maker Bill Mason, who achieved international recognition for his wilderness and canoeing documentaries in the 1960s and 1970s.

Fonction

To record cine images on photographic film.

Technique

The Bill Mason collection consists of typical cameras and other equipment in the 16mm format widely used by documentary film makers in Canada in this period. Due to its relatively light weight (touted by the maker as the world's lightest) and reflex view finding system, the Beaulieu R16 was marketed as a news camera, although company literature also suggested it was ideal for industrial and scientific film making. Called by one authority a "reasonably sturdy, well designed, versatile, beautifully finished and easy-to-use machine," the Beaulieu was less expensive than such competitors as the Arriflex 16BL and Éclair NPR cameras, although also not as quiet or robust (Lipton, 132). The Beaulieu reflex viewfinder system consists of a mirror on the reciprocating shutter that directs light passing through the lens to a ground glass viewing screen during intervals when the shutter is closed. Unlike the more limited reflex viewer on the Ciné Special, this system enables accurate focus and depth of field evaluation while filming, even when zooming or switching from one subject to another. A built-in reflex photocell, meanwhile, displays a light reading in the viewfinder to guide the operator in adjusting the diaphragm setting. Unlike the spring-driven Ciné Special, the Beaulieu R16 is powered by a transistor regulated electric motor that provides stability over a range of speeds (2-64 fps) while a sync pulse socket enables connection and synchronous operation with an audio tape recorder (although Mason appears not to have used the Beaulieu for synchronous sound filming). The drive train offers a variety of standard special effects features: reverse drive for fades and dissolves, single frame filming for animation and time lapse photography and variable speed for slow and fast motion sequences. The main difference between the R16 Automatic and the R16 Electric was that the Automatic model incorporated a fully automatic diaphragm control, a variable speed electric zoom drive and an integral battery-handgrip. The first two could be switched off in favour of manual controls and the last could be replaced by an external power supply. According to Mason’s camera operator in the 1970s and 1980s, Ken Buck, this was exactly what they normally did. Mason made extensive use of a hand held light meter and he found the powered zoom unsatisfactory. The Beaulieu rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries, meanwhile, were too short-lived (15-40 minutes) to be of much use in wilderness locations. Mason instead relied on a battery pack built by a friend at the National Research Council, which could last two to three weeks between charges. [Ref. 1]

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

"Beaulieu/ R16" on camera body side. "Beaulieu/ MADE IN FRANCE" printed on decal applied to hand grip. "ANGENIEUX- ZOOM TYPE 10 X 12 B No.1220848" ,"P. ANGÉNIEUX PARIS 1:2.2 F.12-120mm B", 10 x 12 10 x 15" and "59" among markings on lens assembly. . "662888" stamped inside compartment; "MADE IN FRANCE" marked inside film compartment.

Manque

Unknown: camera proper appears complete.

Fini

Heavy silver metal camera body has selected black and clear synthetic fittings; black imitation leather and bright chrome trims; selected areas [ie. face plates, setting charts, etc.] have flat black finish; black leather handle; glass optics in lens & filter; grey, red and black text and other markings; black rubber eyepiece shield. Adhesive-backed tape used to secure eyepiece shield. Waxed string [?] cord used to secure .2 cover to camera.

Décoration

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