Animation camera

<h2 id="examples-of-professional-animation-cameras-16-and-35-mm">Examples of professional animation cameras (16 and 35 mm)</h2>

<p>A partial list of manufacturers of animation cameras includes:
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<ul><li>Acme Tool and Manufacturing (USA)</li>
<li>Crass (Germany)</li>
<li>Neilson-Hordell (UK)</li>
<li>Oxberry (USA)</li>
<li>Double M Industries (USA)</li>
<li>A.I.A. Productions (USA)</li>
<li>Mechanical Concepts (USA)</li></ul>
<p>The <a href="/facts/Bell_%26_Howell/LDjDqQTh">Bell & Howell</a> 2709 (design 27, first made in 1909) is the prototype of the Acme, and the Acme is the prototype of the Oxberry. Each employs a fixed pin and shuttle <a href="/facts/Intermittent_mechanism/AjvqsnSa">movement</a> mechanism for film registration and film advancement, respectively. Other names associated with Acme were Producer's Service Corporation and Photo-Sonics, both of which firms manufactured Acme products at various times.
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<h2 id="16-mm">16 mm</h2>
<p>The 16 mm <a href="/facts/Bolex/guIjCBUU">Bolex</a> camera is often used for amateur and semi-professional single frame filming, either using its built-in spring drive, or an attached electric single-frame motor.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Multiplane_camera/1m5VKQYd">Multiplane camera</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.sparetimelabs.com/animato/animato/movements/movements.html">Animation camera movement mechanisms</a>, from the personal website of a Finnish animator</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Stop Motion Motor for Bolex <a href="http://www.sparetimelabs.com/animato/animato/bolex/bolex.html" target="_blank">http://www.sparetimelabs.com/animato/animato/bolex/bolex.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Animation camera