Panoramic motion picture camera arrangement

Claim 1

A MOTION PICTURE CAMERA ASSEMBLY FOR PHOTOGRAPHING A PANORAMIC SCENE COMPRISING: A SUPPORT; A PLURALITY OF MOTION PICTURE CAMERAS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT, SAID CAMERAS BEING SPACED EQUI-DISTANT ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL CIRCLE AND WITH THEIR OPTICAL AXES SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL; AND A REFLECTING SURFACE FOR EACH OF SAID CAMERAS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT AT SUBSTANTIALLY A 45* ANGLE TO THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SO AS TO RENDER THE OPTICAL AXES OF SAID CAMERAS EFFECTIVELY HORIZONTAL AND PROJECTING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY, THE EDGES OF EACH REFLECTING SURFACE BEING IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THE EDGES OF ITS NEIGHBORING SURFACES, THE DISTANCE ALONG THE OPTICAL AXES FROM THE CAMERA LENSES TO THE ASSOCIATED REFLECTING SURFACE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE HORIZONTAL RADIAL DISTANCE FROM THE OPTICAL AXES TO THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE SO AS TO PLACE SAID CAMERA LENSES IN SUBSTANTIAL OPTICAL COINCIDENCE AT THE CENTER OF SAID CIRCLE WHEREBY EACH CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHS SUBSTANTIALLY A TRUE SECTOR FIELD WITH THE SIDES THEREOF IN SUBSTANTIAL COINCIDENCE TO AVOID GAPS BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL CAMERA FIELDS.