Home Movies (1944)

HOME MOVIES FOR JANUARY PAGE 31 DON'T BE CAUGHT WITH OUTMODED EQUIPMENT AFTER THE WAR! frame and placed in a light-tight compartment to await development. Most movie amateurs who dabble in still photography and own photo enlargers, usually do their own developing. Those already equipped with a miniature 35mm. film developing tank, can readily develop their own 16mm. frame enlargement negatives made on 35mm. film as outlined here. So that I could develop several strips of 35mm. negative at one time, I made a set of film "stops" lor my developing reel. These are small pieces of rubber cut from the insulation of everyday "twinplex" electric extension cord (See Fig 3). I found that half-inch pieces just fit into the grooves of the developing reel and prevent the individual strips of film from sliding over each other when the reel is revolved during the developing process. The pieces of rubber do not affect the solution and they can be used over and over again. With the foregoing method, I have obtained excellent results and fine definition even when making 5"x7" prints from the 35mm. negatives, and 5" x 7" enlargements from 16mm. film frames are an accomplishment that many heretofore did not believe possible without encountering an overabundance of grain. Two items shown in the accompanying photos have not been mentioned, viz: the paper punch and the magnifying glass. The magnifier is used to determine sharp focus when projecting the 1 6mm. film image on the white strip mask. The paper punch is used to make a small notch on edge of the 16mm. film to facilitate readily locating frames to be enlarged. There is one precaution that must be observed in making enlargements from cine film: Carefully examine several frames of the scene which is to be enlarged and select the frame free of scratches or other blemish. It is advisable to clean the film thoroughly before making it ready for the enlarger. Apply a few drops of carbon-tetrachloride on a piece of lintless cloth and fold it over the film as it is re-wound from one reel to another, pressing cloth gently against both film surfaces to remove oil and dust on either side. Film should be re-wound slowly to allow the carbon-tetrachloride to evaporate before the film winds on the takeup reel. Report from Aleutians, a remarkable short subject in Technicolor currently being screened in the Nation's theatres, was originally photographed with a hand held 1 6mm. cine camera loaded with Kodachrome. The color film was later enlarged to 35 mm. Technicolor and attests to the possibilities of using 16mm. color film more generally in the production of theatrical pictures. These pages from December and November HOME MOVIES are positive proof that new models of cameras and projectors will make your present equipment suddenly old-fashioned. Get maximum prices for equipment from Penn Camera Exchange today. FAMOUS FOR FAIRNESS Penn CAMERA EXCHANGE inc 126 Weil 32nd St.. N Y C • IA 4 8715 Trade in or sell your movie camera and projector now while we are paying the peak prices. Penn Camera Wants This Equipment CINE CAMERAS AND PROJECTORS All 8mm and 16mm models LENSES Kodak Cook Dallmeyer Wollensak Wide-Angle Tele-photo STILL CAMERAS Speed Graphic Rolleicord Rolleiflex Argus Perfex Leica Contax Kodak Retina I & II Kodak Ektra Kodak Vigilant Kodak Monitor Super Ikonta and other medium and high grade Cameras and Photo-Equipment. TITLE CENTERING GUIDES for all popular makes of 8mm. and 16mm. cameras IN PAMPHLET FORM 1 Oc EACH Now ready for the following cameras: Revere 8mm. (All models) — 8mm. Magazine Cine Kodak — Single-lens 8mm. Filmo — 8mm. Turret Filmo — 8mm. Cine Kodaks, 20, 25 and 60 — 8mm. Keystone— I 6mm. Cine Kodak K — 16mm. Model 70 Filmos — 121 Filmo — 141 Filmo — Cine Kodak E — Cine Kodak K — 16mm. Keystone — 16mm. Victor. Be Sure to Specify Make and Model of Camera When Ordering HOME MOVIES MAGAZINE 6060 SUNSET BOULEVARD HOLLYWOOD 28, CALIFORNIA