A condensed course in motion picture photography ([1920])

Record Details:

Title:
A condensed course in motion picture photography
Date:
[1920]
Author:
New York Institute of Photography
Publisher:
New York, New York Inst. of Photography
Volume:
A condensed course in motion picture photography
Leaf #:
00081
Language:
English
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Gerstein - University of Toronto
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
14
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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MOTION PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY upon a long strip of sensitized film, the same as that used in small hand cameras, made into a continuous roll which is fed past the lens intermittently at the rate of sixteen exposures a second. A revolving shutter is used in both camera and projector to cut off the light w^hile the film is moving and a new section is being drawn into position before the lens. ^^ }^^y///^^///////////////////j'////y/////////////////A ^ Diagram of the mechanism of the Universal Camera. A single sprocket camera with harmonic cam movement. The motion picture camera is similar to the ordinary camera with the exception that it is provided with a mechanism for making exposures in rapid succession on a ribbon of film. Sixteen pictures per second has been adopted as the standard speed for taking and projecting motion pictures. This rate was adopted after a long series of experiments to ascertain the least number 54