The handbook of kinematography, the history, theory, and practice of motion photography and projection (1911)

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150 HANDBOOK OF KINE MA TOGRAPH Y. good, crisply illuminated projection screen. As such, this lens well merits the attention of those in search of a good thing which is also a product of the old country. Candidly, we wish the Cinastigmat every success, just as we do everything which we judge to be necessary to the abiding welfare of the motion picture industry. If only an THE WALTURDAW LENS BATTERY N? 2 (NEW SYSTEM) FIG. 118. A CASKET OF PROJECTION LENSES. earthquake would pitch the whole of the existing inferior kinematograph lenses into the limbo of oblivion, and thus force showmen to replace them with Cinastigmats, a fortnight afterwards there would be no class of people more thankful for the catastrophe than the showmen themselves. The Walturdaw projection lens battery (fig. 118) will probably prove of service to operators travelling their own apparatus from place to place, and who are constantly being confronted with different con- ditions of throw when showing pictures. Here the many foci obtain- able with such a lens battery will be very welcome. BRITISH MADE FIG. 119. DALLMEYER PROJECTION LENS. There can be no question that the man who values clear screen pictures, and who has the interest of the profession at heart, to say