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HOME MOVIES FOR OCTOBER
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LIGHTING
F-R HI-SPOT
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HOLLYWOOD TYPE SPOTLIGHT
Experienced photographers know that lighting is the first requisite for finer picture making. Having studied Hollywood lighting technique they know that the F-R Hi-Spot, miniature of the giant and baby Hollywood spotlights, with its soft but punchy beam "picks up" details ordinary lighting never discovers. It embodies all the fine points necessary for superior home movie making.
OUTSTANDING FEATURES:
• Fresnel Lens.
• 200 Wall Special Hi-Spot Projection Lamp.
• finger-tip focusing from a large to a small spot.
• Complete directional control — tripod mounted or adapted to standard light stands.
• Made of Die-Cast Aluminum.
• Compact, sturdy— yet light-in-weight.
• Anyone can manipulate it.
• Complete with 10 ft. cord.
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The Reader
SPEAKS
Our Error
As prestimed by this reader, others have called our attention to the error in the title centering guide for the Keystone “8” which appeared in the September issue.
Gentlemen. I suppose others have already informed you that your title centering guide for the Keystone “8” on page 424 of the September issue is upside down.
— Henry Dechau.
Happened To You?
The following plaint from a reader is being published for the benefit of beginners who might make a similar mistake. Moistened blotters are usually O.K., provided they are not saturated with water or a humidifying solution. A few drops to onehalf teaspoon of liquid is sufficient. Too much will over-liumidify film, causing irreparable damage, as in this case.
Dear Sirs : I would like to pass along information regarding the experience I had with my films. In trying to save a few cents by not purchasing humidor cans, I put a moistened blotter in my reel cans. When I opened the cans a few weeks later, I found the film completely spoiled. Moisture had penetrated throughout the film, causing the emulsion to run.
— Samuel Del Pizzo, Ardmore, Pa.
Likes “Swapping” Idea
In the August issue, we published a reader’s suggestion that we encourage exchange between amateurs, of films of various subjects of commercial origin in addition to those made by the amateur himself. This reader is one of several who has written, applauding the idea. We should be unable, though, to handke the postcards suggested.
Dear Sirs : I am heartily in favor of Mr. Starkweather’s idea of swapping films. I have quite a few reels of
8mm which I should be glad to swap. Why not let each amateur that is interested furnish you with penny postcards bearing his name and address, together with a list of films he desires to trade? You, then, could forward the cards to other amateurs who write in, saving the space required in this department for a published reply.
— Walter C. Brooke, Boycrtonvn, Pa.
Home Stage Flans
This reader will find plans for remote control of home theatre curtains in the Experimental Cine Workshop department of this issue.
Gentlemen: In the July issue I noticed an article on plans for home movie screening within the home. I wish you would give us more articles of this type. I would like to see an article that would explain how to rig up movable curtains in a home theatre stage.
— Victor A. Schultz, Litchfield, Minn.
Swappers!
Gentlemen : Thanks for your interest in our club. We want you to know that your Club Directory page is a swell idea. We have swapped films with Cinemen, of Nutley, N. J., and Silver Screen Players, of Burlingame, Calif. We of the 8-16 Movie Club of Philadelphia will swap films with other amateur clubs — either 8mm or 16mm. Films to be shown at our club meetings. In exchange, we offer loan of ’’Reversal Process,” 200 feet 16mm, and “Picnic Daze,” available in either 16mm (400 feet) or 8mm (200 feet) .
— George Burnnvood, 992 East Godfrey, Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sirs : In your “Swappers” column, would you kindly try to make contact for me with any cine fans in Sioux City, Iowa, who might have taken some movie shots of the president
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