User manual

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EASTMAN KUDAK CO MPA V.
Section 3.
FLASH LlGHT PICTURES.
By the intr od uc ti on of East man F l as h h ee ts, pic tur e
taking at ni g ht h as b ee n wonderfully simplified. A pac kag e of
flash sh
eets, a pi ece of cardbo ard, a pin and a match co mplet e
the
li st of essential e xtr as although an Eas tman Fl ash Sheet
Holder is a
grea t conve nience.
With flash h
ee ts, no la mp i n ecessa r y, there is a minimum
of smoke and they are fa r safer than any oth er self· burning fl ash
me
dium, beside gi vi ng a softe r light that is less tr yi ng to the
eyes.
1any inte
ri ors can be taken with th e flash sh ee ts that are
impr ac ti cab le by day light, either by r easo n of a l ac k of illumi-
na
ti on or becau se there are windows in a dir ect line of view
which cannot be
da rk en ed sufficiently to pr e vent the blurring of
th e picture.
Eve ning parties, gro up s ar ou nd a dinner, or ca rd table or
single po
rtr aits may be r ea dily made by the u se of our flash
sh
ee ts, thus en ab ling the am ate ur to obta in so uvenirs of many
occas ions which, but fo r th f1 a hl ight. would be quite beyond
the range of the art.
P
REPARATION FOR THE FLASH.- Th e came ra shou ld be
pr epared fo r time e xp os ures as dir ec ted on p age 10 of this man-
ua l ( ex
ce pt that the lar ges t st op must be u sed ), and pl ace d on
so me l eve l s upport where it will take in the vi ew desired.
Pin a flash sh
ee t by one co rner to a pie ce of ca rdb oard
which h
as pr eviously bee n fix ed in a pe rp en dicular position.
If the ca rdbo ard is white it will ac t as a reflec tor and incr ease
the stre ngth of the flash.
T he
fl ash sheet should always be placed two f ee t behind
and two or thr ee feet to one side of the cam era. If pl aced