Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
CAMERA ANGLES
Four Booklets Issued;
Some Products News

Brownie Book Of Picture
Taking" a 32-page manual
containing equal proportions
of how-to-do-it information
and snapshooting ideas. A
handy beginners manual for
children and adults, the book
let is strictly on the informal
side illustrated with numerous
cartoons and photographs. both
in color and black and white.
Among the Is subjects
covered are closeup swapping.
the use of flash outdoors. how
to get the best pictures of
children, how to snap action
pictures with a box camera,
shooting color film by flash,
and using snapshots for greet
ing cards.
Stereo fans will be interested
in Picture 1t in Stereo," a new
graphic text OF Step-by-step
methods of how anyone can
take good Sd pictures in full
color; price at your dealers
is IS cents.
This booklet is based on
four keys" to good stereo
photography-level camera
proper focus-correct expo
sure-and interesting subject
arrangement. In addition to
how to perform the above is
included a list of the most
common mistakes made by
stereo takers and how to cor
rect them.
Color photographers will
find much of interest in the
new edition of Kodak Color
Films" rs cents, which in.
cludes data sheets on Ekta-
chrome films designed for
Process E-2, and the new mega
tive films, Kodak Ektacolor,
Type S. and Kodacolor film.
The publication provides COM
plete. practical information on
the Kodak materials designed
for still color photography to
help the cameraman realize
the full potentialities of these
color films. Important aspects
of handling these materials
are discussed in the text while
exposure and filter recommen-
dations for individual films are
given in data sheets.
For advanced color photog-
raphers, at rs cents, is Color
Separation and Masking" a
revised edition containing in
formation recently disclosed as
a result of testing work carried
on in the Kodak laboratories.
The principal revisions are
concerned with tray process
sing Of negatives from color
transparencies; use of the
Kodak matrix film punch;
density Of highlight masks;
and highlight correction with
out color correction. In tray
processing of negatives made
from color transparencies
several changes in procedure
are outlined. The deScrip-
ton of agitation technique has
been completely revised.
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General Electric has lust
announced a new photo
graphic exposure meter with
twice the sensitivity of its pre-
decessor. The Guardian" as
1t is called, when used with
an accessory known as the
"Dynacell," a light-multiplier
attachment which increases
the sensitivity of the meter GA
times for incident-light read
ings and 4 times for reflected
light readings. has four ranges
OF sensitivity-two with the
Dynacell and two without. All
four ranges provide direct
reading to the user.
Ordinarily the meter is used
with the high range, but if
the light is so dim that the
pointer does not appear, a
lever at the bottom Of the dial
is shifted from Hi" to 10"
automatically increasing its
sensitivity Is times and per-
mits a re-take of the reading.
Bell g. Howell reports a new.
fully automatic slide protector
called the TDC- Robomatic
The machine shows a series of
80 slides without attention by
the operator. 1t has an auto
matte cycling device enabling
the user to pre-select any
length Of time for his slides
to be on the screen-from 5
seconds to "a minutes. 1t can
also be operated by remote
control or the slides may be
projected manually. During
automatic operation the eye
ling device projects one slide
after another at any pre-se-