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432 Transactions of S.M.P.E., Vol XI, No. 31, 1927
A device patented in Germany is said to permit the taking of 48,000 exposures per second. Such an apparatus will have a large field of application in scientific and experimental work.^^
A paper presented before a recent meeting of the Society calls attention to the many ways in which the National Bureau of Standards may be of service to those working on technical motion picture problems. ^^
The handling of motion picture films under different climatic conditions, the transportation difficulties, and the manipulations and processing of film under arctic and tropical conditions have been discussed in a recent paper. Detailed description is given of the equipment and manner of working.^^
Holland now has a motion picture studio located at Rotterdam said to be fully equippped to make large productions.^'^ Two Zeppelin hangars at Staaken, Germany, have been made over into modern studios.^^
The Eastman Kodak Company has inaugurated a four-minute reel series of pictures featuring well known actors and actresses. New subjects are to be issued monthly, so the amateur may build up a library of those he desires. ^^
France is making up films showing the history of its various provinces and part of each film is colored. Particular attention is being paid to the preservation of the film.^°
A practical digest of the year's work in photography is given in an
extensive resume containing 230 references, ^^ and another historical
resume covers the development of the technic of motion picture projection.^^
Illuminants and Lighting
While nothing fundamentally new has been introduced recently in the field of illuminants, constant progress is being toward the improvement of various types of light sources and in the improvement of light control equipment.
Recent developments in high wattage incandescent lamps together with the increasing adoption of panchromatic film is leading to a widespread use of incandescent lamps in the motion picture studio. ^^ Illuminating engineers from the east have been in the Los Angeles territory during the past summer cooperating with several of the large studios there in determining the correct types and wattages of lamps to be used and assisting in the selection and design of the proper light control equipment,^ '^*