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OBJECT TYPE
non-sound/16mm
DATE
1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2010.0206.001
MANUFACTURER
Établissements Beaulieu
MODEL
R16 Electric
LOCATION
France

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General Information

Serial #
672123
Part Number
1
Total Parts
17
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
Heavy silver metal camera body has selected black 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. Off-white cloth adhesive-backed tape used to secure eyepiece shield. Fitted with lens support [2010.0207].

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
37.1 cm
Width
10.5 cm
Height
22.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Photography
Category
Cine cameras
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Beaulieu
Country
France
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Quebec
Period
Unknown
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.
Function
To record cine images on photographic film.
Technical
The Bill Mason collection consists of typical cameras and other equipment in the 16 mm 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. This example features a fixed turret with an Angenieux 12-120 mm, f2.2 zoom lens and a shop-built zoom lens support (likely made by NFB technicians) used because of a tendency for the R16 turret to warp under the weight of the large lens (the R16 was also available with a rotary turret holding up to three lenses of different focal lengths). [Cont'd in Notes]
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
"Beaulieu/ R16" on camera body side./ "MASON" printed by hand in marker on top of camera casing. "Spécial Zoom" appears on camera front, below lens attachment point./ "ANGENIEUX- ZOOM TYPE 10 X 12 B No.1197078" ,"P. ANGÉNIEUX PARIS 1:2.2 F.12-120mm B", 10 x 12 10 x 15" and "59" among markings on lens assembly. "BILL MASON MEACH" and "OLD CHELSEA QUEBEC" printed on dymo tape labels applied to lens casing./ "220 844 765/ W. MASON" crudely incised into underside of camera casing./ "IMPORTED & SERVICED BY/ IMPORTATION & SERVICE PAR/ ANGLOPHOTO LTD" and "MADE IN FRANCE" marked inside film compartment. "672123" stamped inside compartment.
Missing
Unknown: camera proper appears complete. Wrist strap missing; eyepiece shield may be replacement.
Finish
Heavy silver metal camera body has selected black 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. Off-white cloth adhesive-backed tape used to secure eyepiece shield. Fitted with lens support [2010.0207].
Decoration
Stylized "B" logo appears on camera.

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