The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-11-21
Before The
Camera

A recent survey ot NdppeF pun-
LEGATIONS disclosed that IS out of
every 100 people have one or more
cameras. In fact. AZ out Of every
100 people have one or more ca
meras. two in 100 have five or
more.
The survey went 10 more than
loo persons, and the result show
ed that l,45l of them owned still
cameras and 1873 had movie ca
meras.
However, there are hints that
business is uSurping the place
oi the amateur as the biggest user
OF photographed least the big
gest consumer of Photographic ma
terialS.
The manager of Eastman Ko-
dak, industrial sales division, Paul
Barbee, said that photography has
become as important to the engi-
neer as the slide rule He said ii
permits the engineer to anaIyze.
record, communicate and drama
tie.
A recent survey by Kodak show
ed that 81 per cent of the larger
chemical firms have their own
photo departments. Almost half the
food and drug concerns maintain
Their own staffS of photographers.
And in the paper industry. the fl.
cure is IS per cent
What do all these photographers
dc?
With the rearmament program
security in plants has become
bigger problem again. And thou
sands of Identification photographs
are needed for badges and pass
cards.
AS we have said, photographs
have come to be recognized by
engineers as important aids. And
boards of directors Of big cor
pOrationS often see reports large.
ly in pictures, instead of reading
them in print,
| Photographs drive home the les
sons of safety in factories and
help train new workers, as plants
expand rapidly to handle increas-
ing military production.
Even inspectors often carry
camera, which gives them not only
reliable report, but documentary
evidence.
The magazine Oilways, published
by ESQ Standard Oil company, has
estimated that industry is spending
at least 250-million dollars on photo.
graphy this year
The scramble of both amateurs
and professions for Photographic
equipment and materials with pro
duction reduced by rearmament
shortages, has produced some
gaps on the market.
Argus cameras, incorporated has
just reported business up 66 per
cent, partly due to heavy military
production. Several things have now
been discontinued and President
Robert Lewis foresaw for the flu
ture what he called serious cur
tailmentS of production due to
inability to obtain materials.
However, new products continue
TO come onto the civilian market
and some of them from foreign
factories. Dollar-short foreign lands
are buying little and exporting all
they can to the United States.
In the Sub-minature field, flash
gun is being offered now for the
japanese sticky camera. It's light
and uses only midget bulbs.
Stereo photography is coming in
for greater emphasis.
A Minneapolis concern is offer
ing the first stereo movie attach
ment. A mirror arrangement splits
the picture in two on each Is
millimeter frame. A similar attach.
ment is made for the protector, and
the show is viewed through special
spectacles, giving three-dimen-
sional effect.
A New York store has opened
stereo department. The store
claims it is the first to do SO.
A shatter shield for individual
flashbulbs has been offered by
products company of Cincinnati.
The shield of heavy plastic grips
the individual bulb, and is snug
enough to permit removal of the
hot bulb from the flash bulb by
gripping the shield. 1t is designed
to ELIMINATE the danger of shat.
tering flashbulbs in the firing.