Amateur Movie Makers (Dec 1926-Dec 1927)

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The Camera used by Professionals zjfuto Kinamo The lea Kinamo has made thousands of feet of Pathe News Reels. The Navy filmed the Shenandoah's trans-continental flight with it. The Roosevelt brothers took the Kinamo to Thibet. Roy Chapman Andrews had five of them on his trip into the Gobi desert on his successful search for Dinosaur eggs. Now lea have produced a new Kinamo with a spring motor. It may either be used on a tripod, cranking in the conventional manner, or be held by hand, while merely pushing a button. In order to appear in your own movies, the Kinamo has only to be placed upon a suitable stand, and after setting the automatic release, the operator walks into the "set," and in 40 seconds the Auto-Kinamo will start making your picture. According to the winding of the motor the scene may be limited to ten, fifteen or twenty feet. Equipped with a scene punch, footage indicator, one-stop movement for titles, animated drawings, etc., two direct view finders, focussing adjustment, and iris diaphragm. The Auto-Kinamo holds 50 feet of standard film and may be loaded in daylight. It is fitted with the Carl Zeiss Tessar f 3.5 of 40 mm focus. Then there is the removable film gate and, of course, the usual perfect lea workmanship. All this in the smallest fifty-foot capacity camera made, and the price is only $140.00. See the lea Kinamo at your dealers or write for further particulars. CARL ZEISS, Inc. 485-P FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK Pacific Branch 728 South Hill Street Los Angeles, Cal. Graflex pictures for the album, the pocket and the wall Only "still" pictures will do for certain uses and you will prefer the Graflex kind. The big, fast lens lets in plenty of light, and plenty of light means proper detail. Shutter speeds are 1/5 to 1/1000 — a range that includes the right one for any subject. Focus is sure. The reflecting mirror shows the full-size image up to the instant of exposure. 2M x 3}4 Revolving Back Graflex, Series B With Kodak Anastigmat lens/. 4. 5. Price $85. Other models $58.50 up. Graflex cameras are now made by The Folmer Graflex Corporation Rochester N. Y. For sale by Eastman Kodak Company dealers AMATEUR MOVIE MAKERS! Results ARE WHAT COUNT IN MAKING YOUR OWN MOVIES Our Service Department was or' gammed to give you — gratis — help' ful instruction in the use and se' lection of the right motion picture equipment, criticism of your films, use of our projection room. Use this service at your own will and pleasure. Headquarters for BELL & HOWELL FILMO BELL & HOWELL EYEMO (Using Standard Siz,e Film) EASTMAN CINE KODAK VICTOR CINE PATHEX (Now Automatic — Equipped with clock spring motor) DEVRY (Using Standard Size Film) Filmo and Cine Kodak Films Developed Free U/IU0£JGHByS ▼▼110 West 32"JSt.Mewyork.Hy.^f