Cinematographic annual : 1930 (1930)

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70 CINEMATOGRAPHIC ANNUAL Fig. 13 Camereclair — France. Film Movement and Focussing Mechanism. Depressing lever at upper left corner of camera displaces film and permits accurate focussing on groundglass screen without unthreading camera. With matched lenses focus can be followed during exposure, using ground-glass in upper aperture. It is also possible to focus directly on the film. and a saving in film because it eliminates the necessity of opening the camera door each time that the need of focusing presents itself. More important than any economic consideration is the fact that the independent focusing aperture permits the moving of the camera from location to location without disturbing the registration of the film even in the most intricate lap-dissolves and multiple-exposure work. European manufacturers have in the past few years been following the American system of focusing and the Debrie and Camereclair