American Cinematographer - April 1985 - 10

In this instance, the
and

embarrassing

most

was

biggest
reference

in the title as "B.S.C." Although
brought up in the Film Industry in
England, I am not a member of the
"British Society of Cinematographers."
I am, however, a longstanding member
of the "Canadian Society of Cin¬
ematographers," (C.S.C.).
I should be glad if you would
to me

I

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-Reginald H. Morris
Scarborough, Ont.

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THIS IS NO TIME TO
CHANCE BATTERIES IN YOUR
WIRELESS MICROPHONE.

Dynavision Correction
In his article on Dynavision,
Bob Fisher errs in stating that a CRI is
made on 5243 stock. As he spells it out
in the article, color reversal intermediate
would, in fact, yield a negative image,
and its acutal stock number is 5249-
5243 is an interpositive/internegative

stock, and according to the flow Fisher
describes, would result in a 35mm in¬
terpositive from the original negative
from which the 65mm
made.

internegative is

Dynavision, incidentally, was
originally announced by Linwood Dunn,
ASC and Don Weed in 1968 as a
method of producing high quality low

grain front projection plates. In the fa¬
mous April 74 3-D issue of the Cin¬
ematographer, Dunn announced its
adaption to a single-system over-andunder 3-D process in which Irwin Allen
was

interested for a 3-D circus film.
-Rick Mitchell

Flollywood, Calif.
400 Feet!
I would like

Nora Lee's article

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8

to comment on

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Baby in the March '85 issue of AC. It
on

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