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The 88 DS camera is fit for recording lip synched sound. It is
provided with a Rodenstock Ronar 12.5 mm f1.9 with an
adjustment tele- auxiliary focussing from 20 cm, Rodenstock
Eutelon R for 25 mm or 37.5 mm and the wide –angle auxiliary
Rodenstock Ronagon R for 6.25 mm. Of course an Isco An-
amorphot is available for the 88 D and 88 DS, adjustable from
50 cm, so that the wide screen movie fan is also satisfied. The
camera is fitted with a spring motor and the speeds are 8, 16,
24, 48 frames/sec and single frame. In addition to these cameras
there was the 88 C Profil, which was provided with a cysto-
scope and a reflex viewfinder. This medical camera was intend-
ed for examination of the bladder and only a few were made.

In 1959 the T 10 was replaced by the T 10 S, it is the same
projector but what was more noticeable is the fact that the blue
colour was replaced by grey. All the new products became
grey, blue was out! But all the K and the TZ 31(N) and TZ 30 Bauer 88 G
(S) we see at fairs and auctions have the blue colour, was this nice system a no goer?
In the same year, for the first time ever, a fully automatic
movie camera with CDS automatic exposure, was pro-
duced: the 88 G. The battery is the PX 1, the photosensitiv-
ity of the films is between 9 and 28 DIN. The speeds are 12,
16, 24 and 48 frames/sec, which can be changed during
filming. The lens is the Rodenstock Ronar 12.5 mm f1.9
which is adjustable and the auxiliary lenses are from the
well-known series. This excellent working model had, how-
ever, the disadvantage that almost all CDS meters of the
first generation had: a few too large lens openings for
operating at temperatures above 25º c.

Since the amateur who wanted to shoot demanded very
little, the 88 F appeared shortly after. It was a fully automat-
ic device with a Schneider Xenoplan 13 mm f1.8, fixed
Bauer 88 H focus and only one exposure speed, but now it had a seleni-
um meter. It was returning to an earlier well-known tech-
nique with the slogan ‘measure light according to the classic method’. Obviously this type was
also produced with a turret, the 88 H.
Although this 88 H is indeed provided with a turret, namely with a 25 mm f1.8 lens with auxiliary
lenses for 6.25 and 38 mm, it is not the same as the 88 F. The speeds are single frame, and then
16, 24 and 64 frames/sec and, just like the 88 G, it was possible to change speed during shooting.
A very nice refinement can be seen in the viewfinder. The viewfinder image automatically adapts
to the focus and the aspect ratio is and remains 1:1. Besides, this viewfinder has automatic
parallax correction which simply enables users to have confidence in the viewfinder image down
to 24 cm. At the same time this model has three built-in filters: skylight, amber and grey.

In the meantime a complete 8 mm system was available. Besides cameras and projectors there
were also splicers, camera floodlights, an underwater model, a very advanced titler and a viewer.
The last was made in Japan under the Bauer name.

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