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AMATEUR MOVIE MAKING 323
There is some ethical question involved in such work, but when the objection is founded upon religious scruples or superstitious fear, no harm is done as long as the subject is unconscious of the fact that his likeness has been made. Therefore there is not the slightest ethical objection to such stealing, perhaps the only theft which may be whole-heartedly sustained by the most moral of people.
Poor Light. — In travel work, there are often scenes, in fact entirely too many for the peace of mind of the amateur, which are just a bit too dimly lighted, many in interiors and many which occur upon dark days. There is one answer to this, do not start any extensive journey without your fast lens, and of these the most rapid is the Plasmat f 1.5, whose enormous aperture enables one to secure films in ordinary interiors without artificial light. Naturally under such conditions, and more particularly when working in a strange country where the relative visual and actinic powers of the light are unknown, the Cinophot will be used or the Dremophot. In this way properly exposed film is assured.
Scenic Panoramas. — In preparing travel films as such, for future projection at home, there is a definite plan to be followed. The scene is introduced as a whole and then details are shown when desirable. In most cases the first view will be panoramic. This is necessitated by the fact that the lateral dimension of any scene greatly exceeds the vertical, and as we wish to practically fill the frame vertically, we must panoram to show the whole scene. Now unless a panorama is properly made it is a distressing thing to view and then the film is better off without it. The panorama must be made slowly, the horizontal axis of the scene must remain constant, and the rate of progress must be uniform. These conditions are practically impossible to meet with the hand held camera, and the friction tripod is not always fully satisfactory. A geared tripod will secure this effect, but the best way of all is by use of the Hayden Automatic panoram head. This is a geared head driven by the camera motor. If the tripod is carefully levelled, the panorama will be slow, uniform and in a perfect lateral line.