An Apertureless Optical System for Sound on Film

R. C. Burt

An optical system which uses positive and negative cylindrical lenses with their axes at right angles is described. The image of a source is optically elongated and flattened by these cylindrical lenses to the proportions desired, and is then focused on the film. Advantages are: maximum possible brilliancy with a given source temperature; not sensitive to position of the lamp filament; sharpness of image; and intrinsically perfectly uniform brilliance throughout the length of the beam.

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Published
1931-12
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J07491