20 Motion Picture

piece of metal it passes and these electric flashes

fog the film. This is a serious trouble, very diffi-

cult to guard against, and is especially trouble-

some in winter on a crisp dry day. The means
usually employed to counteract this is to create a
moist atmosphere in the camera. To provide
means for taking off this static charge quietly,
that is, without sparking, is the plan which sug-
gests itselfmost effectually eliminate the
to
trouble. Another effective device is a film exit in
the film magazines which is usually closed light
tight but which when the magazine is in place is

opened automatically by the closing of the camera

door.

Setting Tip.
Arriving at the desired location, the camera is

set up and focused, the legs well spread out to give

stability. The film is then drawn from the top
box, led down through the mechanism, and at-

tached to the spool in the receiving box below.

Leave a loop above the window.
If the lens is not of universal focus, the best
focus is secured by putting in a piece of matt sur-
face film between the tension members to receive
the image. After focusing this is removed. The
same care should be exercised in focusing, leveling,
the use of the finder, etc., as though an ordinary
camera were used. Stops in the lens should be