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TITLE STAND If you are a still camera fan as well as a movie maker and your enlarger is of the type where the head and lamphouse is held to the post support by a metal rod and can be removed, the post can be easily adapted as a title stand. Many enlargers are fitted to the post in this manner, especially those that can be turned for horizontal projection. Get a short pipe nipple, 3 or 4 inches and as close to the diameter size of the rod on the head as possible, usually % or 14 inch pipe. Also get a cap to fit, drill and tap a 1/4 20 inch hole in it and turn down a short bolt from the inside. The cap is then tightly turned on the pipe. The pipe adapter is merely turned into the camera tripod socket, and the whole unit, camera and all, then slipped into the post support and tightened with its knob. WALKING ON CLOUDS Want to make your subject seem to be walking on a beautiful cloud? Here's how. Shooting directly at the sky, and using a deep yellow filter, expose a few feet in the camera. Then, wind back film to original position and photograph your subject which must stand in front of white background. Finished effect is of subject walking or standing on a cloud. do so without having a special gate installed in their cameras to accommodate the half-width film. The only additional expense is the purchase of the necessary single-8 camera spools. Thread your camera in the usual way with single-8 film and with a single-8 spool on the take-up spindle. Make sure that the intermittent claw engages the perforation of the film. Then take a piece of single-8 film about three inches long, and fold back sharply at about 14-inch at either end. Place this strip in the gate alongside the film already threaded through. Before closing the cover, start the camera motor to make sure the film will run through the mechanism smoothly. CAMERA CASE FOR 8mm CAMERA A simple case that is sturdy, yet inexpensive can be made with a few tools in a short space of time. This one will accommodate the Filmo, Keystone, Revere and others of the same approximate shape. The sides of the case are made of two pieces of 14" veneer, cut to fit the camera. The leather is cut from a strip of leather belting, and is fastened to the sides by means of small brass pins. The flap is made separately, skived and sewed to the main body in order to form a hinge. The case is finished off by a dome fastener, obtainable from any hardware store. The bottom of the case with a wooden block, (shaped to fit) through which a 14" machine screw passes to engage the camera s tripod socket, and modifying the size of the hinged top opening, a HOLLYWOOD MOVIE MAGIC smart ever-ready case can be made. The inside of the case should be lined with plush or velvet to protect the camera. Two buckles are attached to either side of the case to take a hand-carrying strap, or a shoulder strap. The camera will fit into the case right side up, and an opening should be cut in one side of the case. Cover the opening with a disc of leather, held in place at one side with a leather hinge, and on the other with a dome fastener. One dollar is tops for all materials needed. CABLE RELEASE A remote control of the cablerelease type, especially suited to the Victor and Filmo 70 cameras, consists of a hollow replacement handle for the tripods' tilthead. At the end of the handle-grip is a push button which, when operated by the thumb, controls the camera's release button through a flexible cable. The push-button actuates the motor-release button by means of a piano-wire which runs through the hollow handle and through the flexible cablet to a special housing fitted over the motor release button and held in place with set screws. The whole device may be quickly and easily detached from the camera. The flexible cable may often be picked up for a few cents from an auto-wrecking yard, where discarded dash-type throttle and choke control assemblies may be bought cheaply. The housing which goes over the camera's release button may be built up from two lengths of brass tubing and a brass washer, • See MAGIC on Page 266 SHOOT.. DEVELOP.. PROJECT YOUR MOVIES IN HOURS IT'S EASY WITH THE MORSE G-3 DAYLIGHT DEVELOPER With the Morse G-3 Daylight Developing Tank, reversal or positive motion picture film can be processed quickly and economically at home — in full daylight. A darkroom is necessary only for loading. From filming to projection is a matter of hours with this compact, efficient unit. Stainless steel film reels accommodate up to 100 feet of Double 8 m.m., 16 m.m. or 35 m.m. film — adjust quickly to either size. Many applications in industry, for processing Micro-file film, etc. ^ 1 Dry Fast with the MORSE M-30 Film Dryer 0 Simple. Porta M^s ble. Dries film j in 1 0 minutes. Reel collapsi W ble and removable for storage or carrying. The M-30 Dryer and G-3 Developer belong in every film fan's equipment. SEE YOUR DEALER OR WRITE INSTRUMENT COMPANY 23 Clinton St. HUDSON, OHIO Manufacturers of PRECISION PRINTERS DEVELOPERS FILM DRYERS • TRAY-TEMP 265