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LIGHTING UNITS
Twin Stand Unit
No. 621 .. . $10.90 Complete.
Also Available In Single Stand Unit
No. 611 . . . $7.10 Complete.
VICTOR Lighting Units make moviemaking as easy in the house as outside in brilliant sunlight. That's because you need fewer VICTOR units to give the necessary lighting. One No. 2 Photoflood Lamp in a VICTOR Reflector Unit, for example, gives twice the illumination of an RFL-2 Reflector Photoflood.
VICTOR Lighting Units are light and mobile, too. And there is no danger of overloading your electric circuit; in most cases, two units will furnish all the light you need. A No. 621 VICTOR Twin Lighting Unit as your basic light, augmented by a No. 611 Single Stand Unit or by a No. 250 Clamp-On Unit will provide sufficient illumination for practically every indoor movie requirement.
You can buy VICTOR Lighting Units at leading photo equipment dealers everywhere. For twice the light at half the cost, insist on VICTOR !
Clamp-On Unit
No. 250 . . . $4.60 Complete.
Products of
JAMES H. SMITH & SONS CORPORATION
GRIFFITH, INDIANA Lighting the Way to Better Picture* Since 1874
MARCH 1948
ing $4.81 for a magazine load of color film. Mr. Felder should be told that the Canadian filmer is in a much worse position, because securing even a single roll of black and white 8mm. is a unique feat.
Eight millimeter film is almost impossible to get here, and color film is worth its weight in gold. The prices, for above-the-counter sales in reputable stores: black and white double 8mm., $4.01 for 25 feet; color, $5.57. But we still manage to carry on.
Armel Robitaille, ACL Montreal, Canada.
BIRTH OF A CITY
Dear Sirs: I have read your interesting magazine, Movie Makers, and I feel that I might profit a great deal from the services offered by your organization.
I am associated with the company that is building the city described in the article. City To Order, Collier's, February 14, and one of my immediate projects is to make a film recording the birth and upbringing of this brainchild.
Carroll F. Sweet, Jr., ACL Chicago, 111.
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Readers are invited to submit basic problems of general interest for answer in this column. Replies by letter to individuals must be reserved for members of the Amateur Cinema League. Address: Questions & Answers, c/o Movie Makers.
SLIDE BACKGROUNDS
Gentlemen: I wish to use some of my 2 by 2 inch Kodachrome slides as backgrounds for my movie titles. What would you project them on, and how can I determine the correct exposure for the cine camera?
Dr. 0. L. Patterson, ACL Willoughby, Ohio.
Project your slides from the rear on a sheet of ground glass, using the strongest bulb your slide projector will carry. Determine your exposure by meter. Depending on the slide density and lamp power, you may be able to shoot at f/1.9 at eight frames a second. If not, you will have to make frame by frame exposures.
US STOPS INTO F/ NUMBERS
Dear Sirs: I recently acquired an old (but I think good) still camera which now has me baffled.
Trouble is the aperture markings, which are preceded by the letters US. read as follows : 4, 8, 16. 32 and 64. How can I translate these into the // numbers I read on my Weston meter? And