Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1924)

Record Details:

Title:
Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Date:
1924
Publisher:
New York : Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Volume:
Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1924)
Leaf #:
000219
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Cinematography -- Periodicals
Collection:
Technical Journals
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Preceeded by an unnumbered issue published in 1916 called: Incorporation and by-laws
Date Added:
December 28, 2023
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ZUiotto — Panoramic Motion Pictures 211 than would be possible with an ordinaiy camera covering the same field. Therefore we can have a close-up effect and at the same time allow a wide field as a background. The fact that we reduce the size of the frame in passing from the negative to the positive has only to do with size, not with proportions and field. Therefore all the gains obtained with the panoramic camera are retained in the standard positive. Of course, if it is desired to use the theatre screen already in place, our frame on it will be, as we have said, about 15 per cent lower, and therefore the maximum size in which we will be able to project a given object will be about 15 per cent smaller. I do not think that I need to insist on the advantages of the short distance from which we can take pictures of wide scenes; you have only to think of taking pictures of a baseball game in its ent^'idty from within the grounds, showing in close-up dimensions the most important features and at the same time the general action and the public. Parades and races: in a word, all outdoor events as well as gtudio scenes, can be taken with the panoramic camera and have the benefit of its many advantages. Some have objected that in indoor work the new camera will need larger studios and larger settings. Just the reverse is true: we need smaller studios, as by making them rectangular and utilizing the longer side for the setting and the shorter as the working