The international photographer (Jan-Dec 1936)

camera film, strive for contrast in your lighting. Do not place two lamps, for instances, equi-distant from a subject. Move one Photoflood nearer to the subject. On the other hand, if you are filming in natural color, a flat lighting effect is to be desired with this film. Natural color will add the needed contrast in the shots. Christmas this year offers a special advantage, never before had, to every movie maker. Namely, Kodachrome Type A color camera film, especially balanced for use with Photoflood bulbs. And what's more, 8 mm. owners can now match, shot for shot, every color scene their older 16 mm. brothers may take. For Type A Kodachrome is now available in 8 mm. film also. Unlike Kodachrome Regular when used in artificial light, Type A requires no blue filter to compensate for the redness of artificial light in comparison to daylight. Thus Type A is not only faster indoors, but it obviates the necessity of taxing the Photoflood units and house-fusing. Indoor color work becomes as simple to produce as regular black /5 M""** and white films. Keep one basic thought in mind, however, when using color film: It has less latitude than black and white emulsions, therefore exposures must be more carefully calculated. But by all means try natural color in your Christmas film this year and so capture a colorful season of indoor activity. In shooting your Christmas film, concentrate on large close-ups of members of the family. Essentially, your Christmas film is to be a happy record of a happy day when each member of the family is present. Years later, when human memory grows dim, your film will bring back and re-create the bright spots of a great day. So allot a generous amount of footage to the family and of the family. After your film has been processed, edit it with care before giving it a general screening. Supply the titles needed and build up continuity by judicious cutting, which is the mark of the successful filmer. Then, with pride, you can indeed invite all to see your Merry Christmas Movie. And you will have a subject in your film library that never grows old. iK& € CINEMA-TIDINGS Amateur Motion Picture News Bee Bee All Meted Enlarging Easel: Photographers experiencing "easel trouble" are urged by the firm of Burleigh Brooks to investigate the merits of the newly introduced Bee Bee All Metal Enlarging Easel. Easy to use, precise and substantially built, it is said this new all metal easel offers for the first time complete protection against the annoyances heretofore experienced by photographers when using easels wholly or partly made of wood. Inaccuracies formerly caused by the warping or splitting of wooden parts are, of course, entirely eliminated. Inner margins are controlled simultaneously with one lever. Extremely wide, sliding clamps offer rigid support for the 1 Winch masking bands. Bee Bee All Metal Enlarging Easels are available in 8 by 10 inch and 11 by 14 inch sizes and are distributed by Burleigh Brooks, 127 West 42nd Street, New York City. 8mm. Gevaert: In addition to the three 16mm. reversal type film emulsions recently announced by the well-known firm of The Gevaert Company of America, Inc., 423 West 55th Street, New York City, there is also available an 8mm. camera film. Designated as Gevaert 8mm. Panchro Fine Grain Reversal, the film is supplied on standard 25-foot rolls, daylight-loading, with processing included in the purchase price. Keystone 8mm. and 16mm.: Keystone Manufac turing Company, 288 A Street, of Boston, Massachusetts, is featuring among its several other 16mm. cameras, the model A-7. Keystone A-7 camera offers seven speeds, including slow motion; film register; spring lock and release; built-in exposure scale; F2.7 interchangeable lens; built-in view finder; 50 or 100 foot film capacity, either black and white or natural color pictures; and carries a one-year guarantee. Companion to the model A-7 camera is the Keystone A-81 projector, equipped with 750-watt lamp; pilot light; adjustable angle projection; electric rewind; forward and reverse projection; large F1.65 lens; and new cooling system. For 8mm. movies, Keystone offers the model B-8 camera, the standard model with F3.5 interchangeable lens. This model is also available with F2.7 or F1.9 lenses. The model B-8 has three speeds; direct vision view finder and an auxiliary view finder for centering difficult shots; mechanical footage meter; exposure chart; and strap handle for convenient carrying. The Keystone 8mm. projector, model G-8, has a 200-watt lamp; adjustable tilt; motor rewind; framer; cast heavy base; large single sprocket and roller guides for easy threading. Film capacity is 200feet of 8mm.