We put the world before you by means of the Bioscope and Urban films (Nov 1903)

160 The revolving shutter can be adjusted by removing the front section of the camera case to which the lens is attached, the same adjustment being required in adjusting the shutter to its proper opening as in the case of manipulating the diaphragm or stop, this being strictly a matter of judgment and experience. The further ohjectof the direct view finder is to enable you to adjust your camera speedily to auv change of position for following pictures. Always photograph your yiews with the sun directly at the back of the camera, if possible. To take the picture with the sun facing the lens is certain to produce the most unsatisfactory result. The sun should directly illuminate the object you are photographing, which will assure your getting every detail, provided our previous instructions are complied with. Taking the Picture. — Turn the handle evenly at the rate of two complete revolutions per second, which is equivalent to sixteen separate exposures <:r pictures, the minimum speed allowable to procure even movement of tin objects photographed. A less speed than this would result in dislocated or jerky movements of tin objects on the film when projected on the screen. IMPORTANT :— A funeral procession should be taken at precisely the same speed as a race or an express train in order to assure natural motion. Should your film box contain, for instance, one 150-feet roll, and you consider you have done justice to your subject, after exposing 50 or 75 feet, as the case may be, and intend taking further subjects on the remaining 75 or 100 feet, it is advisable to punch a few holes in the film by pulling out the brass knob (marked film punch on the camera case) thus facilitating those who have the development of the film in the dark room to cut it at the punched holes, as eacb distinct exposure should lie separately developed. One can feel a punched hole in the dark, whereas any other mark is most difficult to discover. Reloading the Camera. — After exhausting the film from the top box, and wishing to reload for further exposures, you remove the now filled box, and as all film boxes supplied with the camera are interchangeable, you remove the upper film box, which is now empty, into the lower division, insert another filled box into the upper section, and repeat the operation as previously directed. DON'T FORGET To unscrew and remove your lens cap before starting operations. To replace focussing tube and view finder caps after using, otherwise you fog all the films you are exposing. To close all catches, thus assuring boxes being light tight before you leave the; dark room and after loading and threading the camera. To oil the mechanism and revolving shutter bearings occasionally, this does not mean the sprocket drums or any surface with which the film is likely to come into contact. To clean the pressure glass, film gate and plate and the interior of the camera, as the slightest particle of accumulated dust will scratch the surface of the very sensitive film. To always have' your film boxes properly screwed into position. To use the film with the emulsion side towards your lens when passing through the camera. That in case of accident to the wire film take up strap, that the same must be replaced or repaired by removing the front section of tlie camera to which the lens is attached and inserted over the pulley from this position. To replace lens cap when camera is not in use, thus preventing the lens from becoming scratched or dirty. The object of an animated picture camera is to take animation and plenty of it — the more action there is in the picture the more successful will be the subject. To make certain that the object you intend photographing comes within range of the instrument before turning the handle, otherwise you are wasting film. To include as pictures [lie a background as possible, as this enhances the value of your pictuie. That too much sky is detrimental to the reproduction of an animated picture just as too much foreground without action therein is equally objectionable. That the best results are to be obtained by refraining from placing the camera closer than about 20 feet from the nearest object that you wish to include in your view. That if you desire any further instructions with regard to any matter concerning animated photography, to apply to us direct, and we shall be most pleased to give you every additional information.