Adjustable mountings for a movie camera

In a motion picture camera including an outer housing and an inner housing, a film transport means supported on said inner housing, shutter means supported on said inner housing and film gate means supported on said inner housing, the improvement comprising at least two adjustable mounting means constructed and arranged to selectively and adjustably position and secure said inner housing within said outer housing each said adjustable mounting means being mounted to said inner housing and to said outer housing and including sound dampening means for acoustically isolating said inner housing from said outer housing, each said mounting means being constructed and arranged to provide adjustment of said inner housing with respect to said outer housing in at least two directions that are perpendicular with respect to each other.

An adjustable mounting for use in a movie camera having an outer housing and an inner camera comprising in combination a first structural member adapted to be secured to an inner camera, and at least a first noise dampening resilient means disposed against said first structural member, a second structural member positioned in abutment with said first resilient means so that said resilient means is secured imtermediate said first structural member and second structural member, and first adjustment means secured to said outer housing and engaging said second structural member and affecting adjustment between said first structural member and a second structural member in a first direction whereby an inner housing and said outer housing are adjusted with respect to each other in said first direction and second adjustment means engaging said first structural member for adjusting said first structural member in a direction perpendicular to said first predetermined direction of adjustment defined by said first adjustment means.