Camera secrets of Hollywood : simplified photography for the home picture maker (1931)

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chell, Bell & Howell professional and Bell and Howell Eyemo, all of them being for standard size film. At the present time, I am using two Eyeruos, a De Brie, and a Mitchell specially adapted for the Multicolor process, possibly the carrying of such a large amount of equipment for professional movie work furnishing the reason for my choice of a two-pound still camera. When it comes to movie4 cameras for amateur use, we are taking into consideration only those with 100 feet capacity, of 16 millimeter film, as we find the 100-foot roll best answering (lie needs of the average, home picture-maker. One of the best is, of course, the Eastman Cine Kodak, with its speeds at either 10 or 8 pictures a second, finder vision from either eve or waist level, the usual Eastman quality in precision manufacture, and general excellence in the class field. It can also be adapted to color movies by the use of a color filter and special color film stock. The Bell and Howell Company, manufacturers of professional movie cameras, also make several models known as the Filmo in 1G millimeter type for amateur use. The Filmo is of the same high degree of workmanship as the grown-up camera, the de luxe model containing features which include a turret carrying a group of three lenses, adaptability for Kodacolor, very sturdy construction, and a leveling device combined in the finder. This company also manufacturers an automatic hand camera called the Eyemo which handles standard, or 35 millimeter film, this camera being used by both amateurs and professionals. The Victor camera comes in two models, one with three operating speeds, and one which has five operating speeds, visual framing, a revolving turret on which is mounted three lenses. The Victor embraces features of quality workmanship and with its different lenses is still compactly built and thus generally suitable for amateur work. One of the features of the Cine-Ansco camera is that it has four speeds; half, normal, double, and four times normal for slow motion work. It is light in weight and has interchange [111]