The international photographer (Jan-Dec 1938)

December, 1938 INTERNATIONAL that has been so successful on the Streamline Eight. Every time the camera door is closed upon reloading, the dial snaps back to zero. The 134-K is housed in the light, sturdy, die-cast aluminum casethat characterizes all Bell & Howell cameras. It is streamlined, as jn some previous Filmo Eights, and the usual reliable exposure calculator is built in. The case for the Turret Eight is compact, yet of amazing capacity. It will hold the camera with three lenses (up to 11/2-inches in focal length) in place, a Weston meter of any model, two extra rolls of film, extra lenses, and filters. An easily accessible, duust-proof compartment in the cover holds the filters. The case is of genuine brown cowhide, and a shoulder strap is included. B&H Offers New Type Continuous Projector Attachment The strange-looking object illustrated on Page 7 is a modern approach to "perpetual motion" — the new 800-foot continuous attachment of unique design announced by Bell & Howell for use with Filmo and Filmosound Projectors. It is shown mounted on a Filmosound Model 138. This new continuous attachment has been developed not only to provide greater "show" capacity than has previously been available in such a mechanism, but to incorporate features which add very appreciably to the life of the film used. To eliminate friction between the film layers the attachment is mounted in a horizontal position so that the edge of the film bears the film weight. Design is such that the convolutions of film are caused to spread apart from one another, making the film run loosely in the attachment. In addition to reducing friction between the layers and decreasing the tension on the film at the sprockets, looseness of the film on the reel provides means for taking up variations in the overall length of the film due to shrinkage and to varying degrees of humidity. If the film should become either torn at the perforations, or broken anywhere throughout its length, the projector is instantly stopped by the automatic protective switch supplied with the attachment. To further increase film life a substantial cover has been provided to enclose the reel entirely excepting for openings necessary for the film to feed in or out. The possibility of film scratching due to dirt and grit in the ail is thus minimized. The new B&H 800-foot Continuous Attachment is for use with 16 mm films, either sound or silent. Eight hundred feet of sound film, at 24 frames per second, provides a 22-minute showing; silent film at 16 frames per second provides a 33-minute showing, before repeating. Showings of these extra lengths are very much desired by those exhibiting at fairs, conventions, etc. The continuous attachment is now supplied for Filmo silent projectoi Models 57 and 129, and for Filmosound Models 120, 138 and 142 with the exception of the variable resistance models. General Electric Drops Prices on Eight Still and Movie Projection Lamps Substantial reductions in the list prices of eight high-efficiency lamps designed for still and motion picture projection, effective December 1, 1938, were announced last month by the Incandescent Lamp Department of General Electric Company. The projection lamps affected by the price reduction range from 300 to 1000 watts. Full details are available at retail outlets. Complete Line of Insurance Protection on Cameras, Etc., from La Sance Joseph H. La Sance, well-known to studio technical workers as proprietor of the Paramount Golf Range on the site of the present CBS Radio Center in Hollywood, has developed a complete line of insurance protection for cameras, projection machines, films, accessories and portable sound equipment. Upon expiration of his lease La Sance returned to the insurance business in which he had been an executive for many years, and is particularly specializing in technical equipment insurance. All insurance handled by La Sance is in long-established stock companies. Daylight Type Professional Kodachrome Now Available Up to 8x10 Professional Kodachrome Film is now available in a type accurately balanced for daylight use in a number of popular sizes up to and including 8x10 inches. Identical in faithfulness of color reproduction with Professional Kodachrome Film, Type B, recently announced for studio use, the new Professional Daylight Type, extends advantages of Kodachrome in large sizes to the professional and commercial photographer who wishes to make direct color photographs out-of-doors. Sizes in which Professional Kodachrome Film, Daylight Type, is now available are: 2V4X3V4 inches, 6.5x9 cm., 9x12 cm., 3^x4% inches, 4x5 inches, 5x7 inches and 8x10 inches. It can be used in ordinary cut film holders and can, therefore, be used in any camera accepting such holders. Any good anastigmat lens properly corrected for transverse and axial chromatic aberration (any lens which gives critically sharp definition everywhere in the field for panchromatic film) may be used satisfactorily. When Professional Kodachrome Film, Daylight Type, is used g sunlight or light of equivalent color-temperature, no filter is required. For this film, a Weston rating of 5 is recommended. Average exposure in sunlight for an average subject is 1/25 second at f:6.3. While color balance of Professional Kodachrome Film, Daylight Type, is adjusted to produce correct rendering with average noon sunlight, without a filter, certain filters may be employed to compensate for variations in daylight color with different conditions of weather or subject, when such need arises, in open shade, the sky then providing the chief illumination, at a color temperature higher than that of the direct sunlight. Filters which may be required under various daylight conditions are: Situation Wratten Filter for Sunligt Effect 1. Subject in open shade, very blue sky, no clouds 2A 2. Subject in open shade, blue sky, white clouds 2A or 1 3. Subject in open shade, light blue sky, white clouds 1 4. Subject illuminated by hazy sky 1 or none 5. Under overcast sky (varies considerably in color) 1 or none 6. Subject illuminated by direct sunlight None Professional Daylight Type has moderate contrast and fair latitude, permitting some tolerance in exposure and normal contrast in the lighting of the subject. However, exposure must be more carecully calculated than with the black-and-white films commonly used, and lighting contrasts must not be extreme. Color saturation and contrast of full-color transparencies made on Professional Kodachrome Film are such that satisfactory three-color prints can usually be made from them without employing masking methods. These transparencies are especially suitable as originals from which colorseparation negatives can be made for the preparation of color prints on paper by the methods commonly used, and for photomechanical reproduction. The new film is packaged in boxes each containing six films. Also included in each box is a return envelope, to be used when fewer than three films are returned for processing at one time; extra sheets of black paper for packing between exposed films, an instruction booklet, and a gummed address label. All films must be returned to Rochester for processing. When three or more films are returned at one time, there is no processing charge; when fewer than three films are returned at one time, a 50-cent service charge is made. The processed transparencies are returned to the photographer in protective sleeves of clear Kodapak, which are removed only when the transparency is used for making separation negatives. Agfa Ansco Cuts Prices on Many Films Effective December 1 Agfa Ansco announces new lower prices, effective December 1, 1938. which apply to most sizes of Superpan Press roll film, Superpan and Superpan Press film packs, 35 mm Ultra-Speed Pan miniature-camera film, and 35 mm Infra-Red miniature-camera film. All Agfa panchromatic roll films, film packs and 35 mm miniature-camera films now sell for the same amount in each size. Details of the new price schedule are available i at all retail outlets. New Lines of 16 mm and 8 mm Lenses for Special Purposes from B&H Bell & Howell announces that the recently introduced Extol f : 1.5 is but the forerunner of a complete line of new 16 mm special purpose lenses now ready for the trade under the names "Extol," "Acura" and "Lumax." The new lenses are described as offering a high degree of color correction and producing fine, sharp pictures on color film as well as black-and-white. The list of new lenses announced as now available as optional equipment for Bell & Howell 16 mm cameras includes the following: 15 mm f : 2.8 Acura in focusing mount, one-inch f : 1.5 Extol in focusing mount, one-inch f : 1.9 Lumax in focusing mount, two-inch f:2.8 Acura in focusing mount, three-inch f:2.8 Acura in focusing mount, four-inch f:2.8 Acura in focusing mount. Two lenses trade-named "Anpax" and "Telate" for Filmo 8 mm cameras are also announced in the new line: 12^ mm (1/2-inch) f : 2.5 Anpax in focusing mount, and the iy2-inch f : 3-5 Telate in focusing mount. Spectip on B&H Filmo 141 Aids Photographers Wearing Glasses Spectacle-wearing picture makers are accorded protective recognition in basic design of a camera in the new Filmo 14 1 movie camera, recently introduced by Bell & Howell. It has a spy-glass type viewfinder provided with a special soft-rubber "bumper" which prevents spectacles from coming in contact with the harder camera material. This innovation, called the "Spectip," is a shallow soft-rubber cup