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Book Reviews
writer's stride. He recognizes the contribution from both sides to an argument and is not deterred in his purpose, that of setting down the facts wherever they may lead.
To American audiences the book will recommend itself chiefly by its rather complete and straightforward statement of the European point of view. Many people have thought on the subject of color and many different points of view have been expressed. It is good to find a writer who has set down the opinions in fair fashion with relatively little of judicial attitude.
It could be wished, in some sections, that a little broader realization of the psychological implications were present, even in a book deliberately restricted to the physical point of view. Nevertheless, it is good to see a book which is restricted to this phase which at the same time recognizes other possibilities and other means of access to the subject.
One regrets that its author is no longer with us. There are too few authors whose writings criticize the currently accepted ideas and at the same time freely state an opinion based on careful thought and deep historical knowledge. The book is definitely recommended reading for all who aspire to become familiar with ike peculiar but important and rapidly expanding field of color as a science.
RALPH M. EVANS
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester 4, N. Y.
Better Color Movies, by Fred Bond
Published (1948) by Camera Craft Publishing Company, 95 Minna Street, San Francisco 5, Calif. 156 pages + 3-page index. 70 black-and-white illustrations, 16 color plates. &/4 X 9JA inches. Price, $5.00.
Fred Bond, who wrote a good book for still photographers entitled "Kodachrome and Ektachrome from all Angles/' has written one for the amateur motion picture maker called "Better Color Movies."
The book becomes rather technical in places for the average amateur, but the professional cameraman (and there are a number of them shooting 16-mm professionally) will find the book misleading in a number of places. Most amateur motion pictures consist of baby, family, and travel pictures. The amateur cinematographer will have little if any control over good or bad color schemes, and few of them will have any idea of the Munsell system of denoting color even after he reads the book.
A good job has been done on the chapter, "Determining the Exposure," if the user can remember all the tables given, or consult the book before taking pictures. If he follows all the instructions for guessing the exposure, as explained by Mr. Bond, undoubtedly he will feel that he has used the mental-calculation method which is also described.
The importance of color temperature is mentioned in a number of places throughout the book. Color temperature is important, but there are so many variables in color photography today that the amateur or even the professional 104