24 Motion Picture

that the negative and the lenses are at slightly

different distances from the subject. The result
of continued operation is a length of negative film
with similar pictures thereon, each picture differ-

ing slightly from the preceding one owing to the

constant movement of the object photographed.
Two hundred and fifty pictures per second have
been made in this camera and there is no limit to

the speed, except illumination and sensitiveness of

film.

Lenses.
The choice of a lens for a camera should be
governed by the focal length, together with the
rapidity and depth of focus, it being understood,

of course, that the lens is free from astigmatism

and from chromatic and spherical aberration. The
shorter the back focus the greater the depth of
focus; and the larger the proportion of the aper-
ture to the equivalent focus the greater the
rapidity.