English: An optical printer with two projector heads, used in producing movie special effects. Starting from the left, you can see light shining from the lamp house, then at A is the first projector's film gate, at B a lens that projects the film in A onto the second projector's gate C. At D is the lens of the camera, the camera's finder is at E and the adjustable shutter control at F. In the heavy base G all the electronics needed for controlling the printer are located.
Deutsch: Ein optischer Printer mit zwei Projektorköpfen. Man sieht das Bildfenster (A) des ersten Projektors; eine Linse (B), die das Bild von A auf das Bildfenster (C) des zweiten Projektors wirft; die Linse (D) der Kamera; der Sucher (E) der Kamera; ferner die Verschlusssteuerung (F) und die Steuerelektronik (G) im massiven Fuß des Gerätes.
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An optical printer used to produce special effects in movies.
Photo by J-E Nyström, released to Public Domain. I retain copyright to any and all higher resolution versions of this image.
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