Amateur Photographer & Cinematographer (1935)

November 20th, 1935 Thi amateur photographer 6 CINEMATOGRAPHER o EWS AND REVIEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS. The Twenty-Eighth Scottish National Salon will be held in the Victoria Art Galleries, Dundee, from February 8th to February 29th, 1936. In addition to the section devoted to Scottish photo¬ graphers there is an international section. Entries close January nth, 1936. Entry forms and full particulars are obtainable from the Hon. Salon Secretary, Norman G. Brown, 36, North Lindsay Street, Dundee. The Photographic Dealers’ Associa¬ tion held their annual dinner on the evening of November 6th at the Park Lane Hotel. The President of the Association, Mr. C. T. Thonger, was in the Chair. A very large attendance, representing the entire photographic trade, and their guests, made the func¬ tion a great success. Mr. E. Blake, Managing Director of Kodak, Ltd., proposed the toast to the P.D.A., and the President, in his reply, coupled with it the “ Federated Photographic Manufacturers.” The dinner was fol¬ lowed by a cabaret and musical enter¬ tainment. The Hon. Secretary, Mr. Wallace Heaton, and the General Sec¬ retary, Mr. E. J. Andrews, are to be congratulated for their untiring work on behalf of the Association. For a firm of plate and film manu¬ facturers to market an exposure meter designed specially for use with their own negative material has long been considered the ideal arrangement. Messrs. Ilford have now introduced a photo¬ electric meter of a type that has been found very satisfactory for general use. The meter is simple to use, and there are no calculations to make. With the emulsion speed set according to the tables enclosed, the meter is pointed to the subject and the shutter speed reading is noted on the meter scale. There is a range of three different ratings on this scale, each one being printed in a differ¬ ent colour that conforms with an arrow on the aperture scale, thus enabling the entire range of speeds to be read at a glance. This also enables the f/ stop to be found when a certain shutter speed has been decided. Although the emulsion speed table has been engraved specially for Ilford materials under five different headings, A, B, C, D and E, to suit each successive grade of sensitivity, the meter can be used just as satisfactor¬ ily with all other brands once their relative speed is found. In series with the photronic cell is a variable resistance which controls all the readings from one second to 1 /3,000th second, including 1 /32nd for cine cameras. The Ilford meter is very strong and robust, and is constructed in a boxform shape measur¬ ing 3X2^xi-J in., with single control dial so arranged that it can be held and operated in one hand only. Supplied complete in quick-action leather case, it retails at ^3 5s. Correction. — In our review of the K.W. Episkop in last week’s issue the aperture of the anastigmat projection lens fitted to the instrument was given as f/32. This was a printer's error for f/3.2. Will prospective buyers of the Episkop kindly note. Coronet Midget Snapshot Compe¬ tition. — This competition, which ran during the summer months, and closed on September 30th, 1935, has now been judged. The first prize of 25 guineas has been awarded to Herbert A. E. Hey, The Parade, Arundel, Sussex. The second prize of 10 guineas went to Frank Muscroft, 14, Hayes Street, Meanwood Road, Leeds, and the third prize of 5 guineas went to G. E. D. Garnett, 49, Alpha Road, Cambridge. Prizes were also awarded to the dealers who sold the films on which the winning entries were made, and these are respec¬ tively, W. B. Allison, of Arundel, Messrs. Lancaster & Son, of Leeds, and Boots, Ltd., of Cambridge. Ten Consolation Prizes of one guinea each were also awarded to the competitors, and ten of half a guinea each to their dealers. Over 3,500 entries were received. An attractive little leaflet that will appeal to the amateur will be sent free to any reader of " The A.P.” interested in photography at home by artificial light. It is called " Home Snapshots after Dark — the Kodak Way.” A postcard to Kodak Ltd., Kingsway, will bring it. In the Holiday Snapshot competition organised by Messrs. Bathes, Ltd., of Torquay, the three chief awards were First (Rolleiflex), Mrs. R. Atyeo, Bridg¬ water ; Second (Rolleicord), Miss I. Marsh, Burnham-on-Sea ; Third (Ebner folding camera), A. C. Player, Cov¬ entry. Ten other cameras and sixteen consolation prizes were also awarded. Two additions to the attractive series of little books devoted to work with the miniature camera, and issued by the Fomo Publishing Co., Canton, Ohio, have just appeared. They are entitled respectively, “ Getting Ahead in Photo¬ graphy,” and “ The Theory and Practice of Miniature Camera Photography.” The price is 4s. each, and they are ob¬ tainable from the sole distributors in this country. Sands Hunter & Co., Ltd., 37, Bedford Street, Strand, W.C.2. We are asked by Messrs. Criterion (Plates, Papers, Films), Ltd., to announce that Mr. J. E. Chester, Mr. G. W. McIntosh and Mr. S. Camp have been appointed to represent them. Another photo-electric exposure meter has just been announced by Messrs. Sands Hunter & Co., Ltd., 37, Bedford Street, Strand, London, W.C.2. One of the claims for this, in addition to its accuracy, is its smallness and portability, in that it will fit a vest pocket. We will refer to this later after testing. It is called the " Prinsen ” Electric Exposure Meter. Exhibitions and Competitions cu?Stureand The Amateur Photographer Monthly Competitions for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Workers. — Entries, November 30. Rules in issue of October 30. Seventh Western International Photographic Salon. — November 23-30. Organising Secretary, W. H. H ill-Muchamore, 24, Church Road, Redfield, Bristol. Third (Second International) Wilmington Salon of Photography.— Open, January 6-26, 1936. Last day for entries, December 15, 1935. Particulars and entry forms from the Salon Committee, Delaware Camera Club, P.O. Box 8x8, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A. Leicester P.S. International Exhibition. — Entries, January 24, 1936 ; open, February 24-March 7, 1936. Exhibition Secretary, H. Foscutt, 19, Doncaster Road, Leicester. Preston Scientific Society. — Eleventh Annual Open Photographic Exhibition. Monday, February 3 to Saturday, February 15, 1936. Entries close Friday, January 10, 1936. Particulars and entry forms from the Exhibition Secretary, F. Wells, 65, Powis Road, Ashton, Preston, Lancs. The 40th Annual Exhibition of the South London P.S. — Open, February 15-March 14, 1936. Entries close, January 21. Further details and entry forms from Hon. Exhibition Secretary, H. S. Adams, 40, Stockwell Park Road, London, S.W.9. Scottish National Salon. — February 8-29, 1936. Entries close, January 11. Particulars and entry forms from the Hon. Salon Secretary, Norman G. Brown, 36, North Lindsay Street, Dundee. Edinburgh Photographic Society. — 74th Annual Open Exhibition. Open, February 22-March 7, 1936. Entries close, February 3, 1936. Particulars and entry forms from the Hon. Exhibition Secretary, Geo. J. Kennedy, 16, Royal Terrace, Edinburgh. Birmingham Photographic Society. — 45th Annual Exhibition. Open, February 29-March 14, 1936. Entries close, February 8, 1936. Particulars and entry forms from the Hon. Secretary, Eric H. Bellamy, Waterloo House, 20, Waterloo Street, Birmingham, 2. Ilford Photographic Society. — Annual Photographic Exhibition. From Monday, March 2 to Saturday, March 7, 1936. Closing date for entries, Saturday, February 1, 1936. Particulars and entry forms from E. G. Roughton, 63, Havering Road, Romford, Essex. City of London and Cripplegate Photographic Society. — Thirty-first Annual Photographic Exhibition from March 16-21, 1936. Entries close, February 10, 1936. Particulars and entry forms from the Hon. Exhibition Secretary, A. C. Mundy, 11, Monkhams Lane, Woodford Green, Essex. Vile Salon International D’Art Photographique de Bruxelles, 1936. — Open from March 21-April 5, 1936. Entries close, February 25. Particulars and entry forms from M. M. Devaivre, 152, Rue Markelbach, at Brussels, 3, Belgium. Darwen Exhibition of Photography. — April 20May 2, 1936. Entries close, March 19. Particulars and entry forms from the Secretary, J. H. Woods, South Down, Bolton Road, Darwen. Bristol Photographic Society. — Second Annual Open Exhibition, from May 2-19, 1936. Entries close, March 28. Particulars and entry forms from the Hon. Exhibition Secretary, Percy V. Cave, 36, Coldharbour Road, Redland, Bristol, 6. Sunday Referee Weekly Photographic Competi¬ tion. — £10 offered every week for the best picture published. See Sunday Referee for full particulars. Seventh Chicago International Salon of Photography. — Open, July 23-October 4, 1936. Entries close, June 15, 1936. Further details and entry forms from Alex. J. Krupy, Chicago Camera Club, 137, North Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. I Internationale Kuustphotographische Ausstellung in Karlsbad. — Open from July 18-August 9, 1936. Entries close, June 18, 1936. Particulars and entry forms from Mr. Hugo Hever, Schulgasse 26, Karlsbad. 1 4 490