Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1919)

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jection placed in the hands of capable men who can and will compensate for difference in camera speed often as between adjoining scenes, thus producing complete naturalness of action on the screen, or until camera speed be absolutely set at one unalterable standard of footage per minute. This latter is, however, not likely to become an actuality by reason of wide variation of light strength encountered by cameramen, particularly when out on "location." The One Single Beneficial Effect of Over-Speeding Is found in the fact that it tends to reduce or f^liminate any flicker tendency there may be af normal speed.