Home Movies (Jan-Dec 1940)

PAGE 268 HOME MOVIES FOR JUNE Revere Model 88 Dble. 8 Camera takes all Double 8 film, full color or black and white. Eastman standard spindles and spool insure correct threading. 5 ft. spring motor, helically cut gears, parallax-corrected optical viewfinder. 5 speeds, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32 frames per second. Stainless steel aperture plate. 160° rotary disc shutter. Complete with Wollensak 12.5mm F 3.5 lens in removable universal focus mounting. $29.50 Revere Turret Model 99 Has all the features of Model 88, plus Turret and extra optical viewfinder for use with 1" and l1/^" telephoto lenses. Complete with one Wollensak 12.5mm F 2.5 lens, $65.00. SHOW BRIGHTER, CLEARER MOVIES WITH THE REVERE 8 PROJECTOR The new 500 watt Model 80 Series B Revere Projector will do wonders for your 8mm movies. Its greater screen illumination makes every picture sharper and more brilliant. Check its superior features: F 1.6 lens, high ratio Duplex shuttle film movement, double blower cooling system, enclosed gear and chain rewind. Complete with 500 watt lamp and F 1.6 lens, $59.50. Camera Sprocket Film Control forms loop automatically, an exclusive Revere feature. REVERE CAMERA COMPANY.* CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA . KANSAS CITY . MINNEAPOLIS.. LOS ANOELES . DALLAS Your vacation trip can be enjoyed again and again when you take movies of it, in full color or brilliant black and white, with the new Revere Double 8 Camera. Special features make the Revere Double 8 Camera the easiest of all to use. Its exclusive retarding sprocket film control makes a film loop automatically if you forget — prevents film jamming. It also takes all strain off the film gate and with Revere’s precision-built shuttle movement and positive speed control, assures steadier, clearer movies. 5 speeds, 8 to 32 frames per second permit taking pictures under difficult light conditions and make possible surprising effects in slow motion or ultra fast action. See this remarkable camera and the Revere Standard 8 Projector at your dealer’s! Mail Coupon Now! fnnniHiiiniiigBiiiiiHigiisiiiinnm Revere Camera Co., Inc. Dept. 6HM, 326 E. 21st St., ® Chicago, III. Please send latest literature on the complete line of Revere 8mm motion picture equipment. Name Address.. City State ~4llll111imilllllBVIRHIVVTTVOTIIIIVVIK Film Too Fast (John Gates, Detroit, Mich.) Please tell me what to do tvhen I am using such a fast film that 1 cannot stop my lens down far enough in order to use it in bright sunlight. Ans. The remedy to your problem is to use a filter — one that will require opening up the lens one or two stops. As you know, the use of any filter requires opening up the lens (increasing exposure) . Also, neutral density filters may be employed for this same purpose. They will have the same effect on your film — that of holding back the intensity of light — but will impart no correction to the color values as when color filters are used. Supplemental Lenses (Ray Tannen, Aberdeen, Wash.) There is some dispute among a group of local cinefdmers as to whether or not the lenses of dime store reading spectacles are o.k. for shooting titles and idtra closeups. Will you please settle the argument for us? Ans. Naturally, it would be difficult for us to say for sure that all of the spectacles found on dime store counters were fitted with accurate lenses. However, we know of hundreds of cases where these lenses are being used, and with success. If such lenses are centered accurately over the camera lens, then any error in the grinding of that lens will have little effect as such errors prevail mostly away from the center area of the lens. Film Shrunk (J. R. Black, Chicago, 111.) Recently I purchased one of the commercially made 8mm library films and found that when projected, it caused a terrible clacking noise as it ran through my projector. Would the film on which the print was made be too thick, or what is the cause? Ans. There is a tendency for all sub-standard films, • Readers: This department is for your benefit. Send in your problems and our technical board of professional cameramen ’will answer your question in these columns. If an answer by mail is desired, enclose addressed stamped envelope. both 8mm and 16mm, to shrink or stretch, depending upon atmospheric or climatic conditions. Also, an old film which has not been stored properly, may gradually shrink. Undoubtedly the film you refer to shrunk slightly, causing the sprocket holes not to line up accurately with the intermittent claw of your projector as it passes through the machine. An amateur once wrote advising he had corrected this condition in an old film by soaking it in water, then allowing the film to dry slowly. The film was wound on a developing drum for this purpose, of course. Film Cement (M. R. Ehrer, Sacramento, Calif.) Is there a “thinner” available for reducing consistency of slightly aged film cement ? Unless film cement is used up right away , it thickens with age. Also, is there any relatively simple formula for making one’s own cement in small quantities as needed? And what solvent may be used to clean old cement bottles and applicators? Ans. Because cement formulas vary, we hesitate to recommend a thinner. However, here is a formula for making your own cement for acetate film : Ethyl Acetate, Ethyl Alcohol, 94 proof, Glacial Acetic Acid, mix equal parts by volume. You must work fast with this cement as it drys quickly. Regular acetone — the stuff used for removing finger nail polish — will clean old cement bottles and applicators.