Amateur Photographer & Cinematographer (1936)

May 27th, 1936 h AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER a 6 CINEMATOGRAPHER a N EWS AND REVIEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS A new-comer to the ranks of photo¬ electric exposure meters, the “ Sixtus,” possesses some very interesting features. The sensitivity shown to very weak light values is most marked, and a positive and steady reading has been obtained from comparatively dark in¬ teriors. The photo-cell lies immediately underneath a special cylindrical lens and the angle of view is adjusted to suit that seen by a camera with a normal focus lens. It em¬ ploys a dual reading scale underneath the meter needle, one reading for normal daylight and the other for weak light, which is used only when the red throttle button is depressed. These two scales give a total reading of 120 units to 1 /500th unit, v\ hich when con¬ verted by the ad¬ justable dial, gives an immediate read¬ ing ranging from 4 minutes to i/i,oooth sec., for all stops between f/1.4 and f/45. A iixed scale of emulsion speeds is given for both DIN and Scheiner, and these range from (>lio° to 21/10° DIN and from 17° to 32° Scheiner. The “ Sixtus ” is remark¬ ably small and compact and is housed in a moulded case which serves also as a holder when using the meter. The total overall dimensions are 2^ x 2 x 1 in., and it weighs only 5 oz. It is a remark¬ ably sensitive and accurate meter and retails at £5 5s. complete. It is obtain¬ able from J. H. Dallmeyer, Ltd., 31, Mortimer Street, London, W. 1. The Cinematography Section of the Polytechnic School of Photography will give its annual exhibition of films made by students on the 11th June next in the Portland Hall, Polytechnic Annexe, Little Titchfield Street, YV.i, at 3 and 8 p.m. Admission tickets may be obtained on application to the School of Photography, Polytechnic, Regent Street, W.i. A new Secretary has been appointed to the Asliington Photographic Club, Northumberland. He is Mr. J. Taylor, 109, Beatrice Street, Ashington, and he will be pleased to get in touch with all amateur photographers in the district who may be interested in the club. He will also be glad to co-operate with secretaries of neighbouring clubs re¬ garding club outings, syllabus, lectures, etc. The latest winner of the Wallace Heaton Weekly Competition was H. Haddock, Esq., 47, Luxor Avenue, Hare Hills, Leeds, to whom a prize of 21s. was awarded. Particulars of Messrs. Wallace Heaton’s Advertising Compe¬ tition will be found in our advertisement pages. Mr. E. L. Austin, formerly manager of the Advertisement Department of Messrs. Bruce’s of Ealing, has been appointed Sales Manager of the Bruns¬ wick Film Company, 41, The Mall, Ealing, W.5. This Company specialises in sub-standard, silent and sound cine apparatus, and has instituted a iO-mm. talkie library. A photographic ramble in Devon has been arranged by the Southern Railway Co. for Whit-Sunday (May 31st.) Lydford Gorge and Dartmoor will be the district covered. A special fast train will leave Waterloo at 9.34 a.m. for Brentor, Devon, and returns from there at 11.45 p.m., arriving Waterloo at 7.54 a.m. Monday. The return journey by slow train will permit the ramblers a period of rest or sleep. Return fare is xis. from London. On Sunday morning enquiry should be made at booking office for “ Ramblers’ Ticket ” for this special train. The leader will be Mr. A. E. Daly, who will distribute particulars of the ramble to members of the party on the train. The journey can be broken on the return at Ascot Heath or Windsor, continuing by any later train on Whit-Monday. A reader is anxious to get in touch with the official photographer of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition of 1914, and would like his address. This was Mr. Frank Hurley. Possibly some other reader may be able to supply this information, if Mr. Elurley is still alive, or if not, that of his nearest relative. We regret that in last week's issue an error occurred in one of the replies to Readers’ Questions. The formula given for arriving at the magnification in “ Low-power Photomicrography "should be (length of bellows extension -p focus of lens) r, and the example given should then read (24-7-3)1=7 times magnification. A new and very comprehensive catalogue has just been issued by Messrs. Zeiss Ikon, Ltd., Mortimer House, 37-41, Mortimer Street, W.i. This deals with the whole range of Zeiss Ikon cameras, which includes the well-known Contax, Contaflex, Ikoflex, Super Ikonta, Super Nettel and Movikon, etc. All the regular Zeiss Ikon accessories are also listed, and the entire catalogue is excellently illustrated. Readers inter¬ ested in these productions should write to the above address and obtain a copy of this excellent catalogue. Exhibitions and Competitions The Amateur Photographer Monthly Competitions for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Workers. — Entries, May 30. Rules in this issue. Wallace Heaton “Advertising Photographs” Com¬ petition. Cash prizes every week. Open to readers of The Amateur Photographer only. Full particulars in advertisement page in this issue. XVme Salon International do Photographic de Bruxelles. — Open, Mav-October. (M. Maurice Broquet, Secretaire du Salon, Rue du Sceptre, 77, Brussels.) IV Salon Internacional de Arte Fotografico. — Open, May. (Seiior Secretario del IV Salon Inter¬ nacional de Arte Fotografico, Agrupacion Fotografica de Catalune, Duque de la Victoria, 14, Barcelona.) Societe Nationalc des Beaux Arts Salon. — Open, April 30-June 20. (M. le President de la Societe Nationalc dcs BeauxArts, Grand Palaise, Porte N., Paris.) South Shields P.S. — Open, May 9-30. (J. B. Redfern, 34, Marine Approach, South Shields.) Worcestershire C.C. — ;Open, May 18-30 (Art Gallery). P. D. Rabjohns, 2/3, Broad Street, Worcester.) Syracuse International Salon. — Open, May 25-June 15. (Kent C. Haven, Salon Director, Camera Club of Syracuse, N.Y., U.S.A.) Salon International de Fotografica de Madrid. — (Senor Secretario de la Sociedad Fotografica de Madrid, Calle del Principe, 16, Madrid.) Chelsea P.S. (Chelsea Library). — Open, May 27-28. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (F. A. Perkins, 73, Montholme Road, S.W.n.) Fifth Detroit Salons of Pictorial Photography and Industrial Photography. — Open, June 2-30. (C. H. Burroughs., Sec., The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.) Scarborough P.S. — Open, May 30-June 27. (Ex¬ hibition Secretary, Scarborough P.C., c/o 18, Ramshill Road, Scarborough.) IV Internationale Photo-Austelling, Vienna. — Open, May-June. (Dr. Wilhelm F'urer, Vienna VIII, Alserstrabe 49). Portsmouth C. and Cine Club. — Open, May 13-June 1 3 (H. Coker, 4, Wimbledon Park Road, Southsea.) Third East Anglian Salon of Photography (Public Library, Chelmsford). — Open, June 6-July 4. (P. G. Field, 79, Taverner’s Road, Peterborough.) Folkestone C.C. Competition in connection with Folkestone Floral Festival. — Open, July 8-18. Cash prizes. Entry forms available from photographic traders in Folkestone. (E. F. Davidson, 44, Wear Bay Crescent, Folkestone.) Western Salon of Photography. — Entries, June 13 ; open, July 11-18. (Rev. R. J. Attfield, Hennock Vicarage, Newton Abbot, Devon.) Chicago International Salon. — Entries, June 15 ; open, July 23-October 4. (Alex. J. Krupy, Chicago C.C., 137, North Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 111.) 1 International Kunstphotographische Austellung in Karlsbad. — Entries, June 18 ; open, July 18-August 9. (Hugo Heyer, Schulgass, 26, Karlsbad.) Thirteenth Midland Salon of Photography. — Entries, June 1 ; open, June 20-July 18. (Geo. T. Boulton, The Art Gallery, Pall Mall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.) XXX Ie Salon International D’Arte Photographique de Paris. — Entries, June 30 ; open, October 3-18. (M. E. Cousin. Secretaire de la Societe Fran^aise de Photographic, 51, Rue de Clichy, Paris (oe).) Competition for Unusual Photographs. Cash Prizes. — Entries, August 1. (American Photographic Publishing Company, 428, Newbury Street, Boston, Mass., U.S.A.) Museum and Public Library, Maidstone. Exhibition of Nature Photography. — August 15-29. (C. E. Fisher, Museum and Public Library, Maidstone.) Tweede “ Focus ” Fotosalon. — Entries, August ro ; open, September 12-27. (Focus, Ltd., Fotosalon. Bloemendaal, The Netherlands.) South African International Salon. — Entries, August 14 ; open, October. (Hon. Secretary, Johannesburg P.S., P.O. Box 7024, Johannesburg, South Africa. London Salon of Photography. — Entries, September 2 ; open, September 12-October 10. (Hon. Secretary’, London Salon of Photography, 5a, Pall Mall East, London, S.W.i.) Lincoln Camera Club. — Entries, September 5 ; open, October 15-November 12. (Miss E. Redfern, 146, Burton Road, Lincoln.) XII Salon International de Fotografica, Zaragoza, Spain. — Entries before September to ; open, October. (Secretary, Sociedad Fotografica de Zaragoza, Plaza de Sas, 7, Zaragoza, Spain.) IV International Hungarian Exhibition. — Entries, September 15 ; open, October 24-November 9. (Secretary, Magyar Amat rfenvkepczi.k, Orsz. Szovetsege, Budapest VII, Erzsebet-kf;rut, 0, Hungary.) Johnson’s “ Holiday ” Competition. — Cash prizes. Closing date, October 31. (Johnson & Sons, Ltd., Hendon, N.W.4.) 1 6 490