The American annual of photography . CINEMATOGRAPH By ALFRED H. SAUNDERS Editor Moving Picture News. MANATING from the article I wrote in lastyears American Annual of Photography werea number of queries from interested photog-raphers who desired to know further partic-ulars regarding the outfit that is necessary, andhow to cut down expenses to the lowest point yet giving satis-factory and efficient work. The question was also raised;what is the use of cinematographing the various items men-tioned in your article if there are no means of projecting themexcept by the present expensive apparatus?
The American annual of photography . CINEMATOGRAPH By ALFRED H. SAUNDERS Editor Moving Picture News. MANATING from the article I wrote in lastyears American Annual of Photography werea number of queries from interested photog-raphers who desired to know further partic-ulars regarding the outfit that is necessary, andhow to cut down expenses to the lowest point yet giving satis-factory and efficient work. The question was also raised;what is the use of cinematographing the various items men-tioned in your article if there are no means of projecting themexcept by the present expensive apparatus? Another set of queries were: What other cameras arethere on the market? Are there any cheaper cameras imported,if there are no others in this country ? Have you tried JenkinsCamera, and can you assert positively that it is good from 278. WHEN WINTER LINGERS. JAMES THOMSON. your own experience? In answer to the question of the pro-jecting machine: There are three small ones made by Bingham,Dressier and Jenkins respectively, all to be sold at a cost of$ each. They run the ordinary films of commerce, aridare attachable to the electric supply in the house. Rheostatsare provided to prevent blow out of the fuses. Binghamdraws four amperes, Dressier six amperes, and Jenkins five,giving respectively a candle power light of 800, 1200, andGOO respectively. Binghams Motoscope and Dresslers View-o-graph use theordinary projecting lenses of commerce, and run the film in 279 the ordinary way giving a clear picture of approximatelyeight feet by ten. Jenkins Phantoscope uses a prism, andhas a double lens. In this machine the picture, or film, mustbe reversed, that is, owing to the prism changing the left ofthe picture to the right. The emulsion side of the film mustbe next the condenser, otherwise all the names or titles onthe f
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