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THIS SUMMER THE NEW KODACOLOR Really Comes Into Its Own In this ISSUe: K ODACOLOR, unquestionably, is the most beautiful of all photographic processes. Despite past exposure limitations with which you, today, need never be troubled, THE NEW thousands of movie makers in recent years have built up full-color libraries of incom- KODACOLOR parable value and charm. Now all the obstacles to making Kodacolor have been swept aside. It is radically Full-color movies with a greatly different from the Kodacolor of previous years. So many and important are the new increased taking range. fields opened up for its use that it might almost be regarded as an entirely new method of movie making. This new freedom has been made possible by a series of remarkable achievements by Eastman engineers and scientists. FACTS ABOUT FILTERS One Advance Followed by Another The first great stride forward in freeing Kodacolor from exposure limitations was the What they are and how introduction of the faster film- Super-sensitive Kodacolor Film- enabling users to they are used . make color movies in open shade or even on cloudy days. Next came the inexpensive and unusually efficient Kodaflector. Bringing maximum efficiency to Photoflood lamps, it provided a standard source of effective illumination A MOST IMPORT ANT for the making of Kodacolor indoors. Shortly thereafter the Photoflood Ratio Dia- phragm Cap was announced, and offered without cost, for use over Kodacolor Filters ANNOUNCEMENT- to cut down the red light rays when filming indoors. Cine-Kodak Special, the finest, most The brilliant light sources of the versatile 16 mm. camera ever built. new Kodascopes K-50 and K-75 Chromium plated to match the stepped up the size of Kodacolor fittings of Cine-Kodaks, supplied with an attractive, sturdy leather projection to 22 inches by 30 inches case, the Kodacolor Adjustable -nearly doubling the former pro- Filter costs but $12. INTRODUCING THE jection area. And the latest improvement of NEW KO DASCOPE D all is the new Kodacolor Adjustable A 400-watt Projector fo r $62. Filter which removes the need for neutral density filters and spells the end ofKodacolor exposure problems. Fits in place of the regular lens KODASCOPE hood of f.1.9 Cine-Kodaks. This new LIBRARIES filter is equipped with a unique "alli- gator jaw" diaphragm which cuts down uniformly on the green, blue, CINEGRAPHS and red gelatin filter bands. Its THE CINE-KODAK NEWS metal sleeve is embossed with five exposure in black and white-becomes almost as marks-"A," "B," "C," "D," and a dot. real as life itself when filmed in Kodacolor. When set at "A" the Kodacolor Adjustable That sunset scene with cloud formations sil- Filter admits over 75% more light than did houetted by the sinking sun would acquire the old Kodacolor Filter when fitted with breath-taking realism were it reproduced as the "P" ratio cap. At "B" it admits the same deep blue sky and crimson-tipped clouds. amount of light as the old Kodacolor Filter. That brilliant flower bed, almost uninterest- At "C" it becomes the equivalent of the ing in black and white, becomes a strikingly old filter with the No. 1 Neutral Density colorful perennial in Kodacolor. Filter in place, and at "D" the same as the That indoor shot of Dad or Mother, seated old filter with theN. D. 2 Filter. By turning in the favorite chair, engrossed in an in- the sleeve as far as the dot, the light capacity teresting book, can now be filmed in full of "D" is halved-sufficient to compensate color-a portrait of inestimable value and for extremely brilliant light conditions. charm. Almost an All-Purpose Film Your Vacation in Kodacolor Bright sunlight used to be the necessary Take Kodacolor-and only Kodacolor, if prescription for making Kodacolor. you wish-on a week-end trip, or on your But no longer- today you merely com- vacation. You can easily and inexpensively pensate for various light conditions by set- outfit yourself to cope with all normal light ting the Kodacolor Adjustable Filter at the conditions under which you would be apt to proper diaphragm mark. On brilliant days make Kodacolor. you stop down the Adjustable Filter. On The added beauty that full color brings to dull days you open up the Adjustable Filter. every camera subject more than compensates And with a Photoflood Ratio Diaphragm for the small price differential between Koda- Cap over the Adjustable Filter, and with a color and black-and-white film. Enjoy home Kodaflector supplying the illumination, amaz- movies at their very finest by capturing this ingly realistic portraits can be made right in summer's highlights in Kodacolor. your living room, day or night. Kodacolor Improves Every Picture Run through your black-and-white movie reels some evening soon. What shots can you find among them that would not have gained Brilliant water scenes, average su nlit ga rden shots, dull day opportunities, and even night-time movies added interest and beauty in full-color Koda- indoors with the help of KodaAector- all can now color? That close-up of the baby- adorable be made with equal ease in full-co lor Kodacolor. EXTREME ECONOMY- UNPARALLELED ABILITY E- KODAK Eight, Eastman's new, low cost movie cam- far greater camera ability, and Eastman now introduces Cine- era, has met with immediate success. Thousands of persons of Kodak Special, illustrated and described on pages 4 and 5 of limited means who have longed to build up film libraries have this issue. Essentially of interest to the professional, scientific, found the solution of the expense problem in the "Eight." and industrial worlds, this camera combines unparalleled ability And it is a remarkably efficient movie camera. Model 2 0, with the economy and convenience of r6 mm. Cine-Kodak Film. with an f.3·5 lens, makes splendid black-and-white movies, even Its matchless versatility will recommend the Special to those on dull days. Model 6o goes still further. Its fast Kodak An- who wish no limitations set upon their filming by the necessary astigmat f. 1.9 lens, interchangeable with a -inch telephoto simplicity of "home movie" cameras. lens, greatly widens the scope of 8 mm. movie opportunities. Thus all the needs of movie making are competently blanketed These two cameras offer home movies at the lowest possible by r6 mm. and 8 mm. Cine-Kodaks. cost commensurate with the standards of Eastman quality. See the Eight and the Special They are unquestionably the movie cameras to recommend to Cine-Kodak Eight and Cine-Kodak Special- far apart in friends who cannot afford the additional advantages of r6 mm. ability, yet alike in being admirably well suited for the work for Cine-Kodaks, to select as gifts, and to consider as auxiliary which they have been designed- are photographic instruments cameras for junior members of the family. of interest to every owner of a r6 mm. movie camera. Ask your Yet there has recently developed another field demanding Cine-Kodak dealer to show them to you. 2 JUNE-JULY 1 9 33 A non-technical discussion of the importance of Color Filters T HERE are people who still believe that color filters are tricky Panchromatic Film. Their individual advantages follow. little gadgets, requiring professional expertness in movie mak- The CK-1 Filter is a light yellow filter for use when a slight ing to assure successful results. color correction is desired or where light conditions are too Nothing could be further from the truth. poor to permit the use of the deeper tinted CK-2 and CK-3 Cine-Kodak Color Filters are nothing more nor less than opti- Filters. No increase in exposure is necessary when using this cally flat tinted glass which, when placed over the lens of your filter. Cine-Kodak, hold back certain colors and permit the unaltered The CK-2 Filter is a medium filter best suited for all average registration of others. Although Cine-Kodak Panchromatic Film out-of-door filming. The diaphragm marker should be set at the is sensitive to all colors, reproduces them in their proper black- next larger opening than that called for by the exposure guide and-white relationship, it is oftentimes desirable to retard cer- for existing light conditions. For example, f.8 instead of f. I 1. tain colors in order to obtain more pleasing screen effects. The CK-3 Filter is a deep yellow filter particularly effective This is particularly true of landscapes and marine scenes. in bringing about strong separation between sky and clouds The sky, from a third to two-thirds of the picture, is quite apt and for cutting haz;e. When using the CK-3 open your lens to be reproduced as a blank area on the screen- almost complete- two stops larger than usual. ly "washed out." The scudding clouds, that go so far toward making summer skies attractive, are apt to be completely lost An Inexpensive Accessory to you. This is not the fault of the film, but is caused by the From this you can readily see that the use of the CK Filters intensely brilliant blue rays of the sky. But with a yellow color is extremely simple. Their cost, whether you buy them indi- filter over the lens of your Cine-Kodak, the blue rays are held vidually or as a set of three, is surprisingly low. There are yellow back, the sky is reproduced as gray, setting off the white clouds filters, as well, for all the special Cine-Kodak lenses, and their and giving you a more correct- and certainly more pleasing- use is particularly helpful when making long range telephoto monochrome rendition of the scene.

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