User manual

16 EASTMAN K ODAK COMP A Y.
Th ere will be a bright fl ash which will impr ess the pic tur e
on the
se nsitive fi lm. Th en push the lever to close the s hutt er
and
turn a fresh film into pl ace with the key, r ea dy fo r another
pintur e.
THE
FLASH SHEET.
Th e numb er of sh ee ts r eq uir ed to li ght a r oo m va ri es with
the distan
ce of th e obje ct farthest fr om the ca mer a, the co lor of
the wa
ll s and hangings.
v\Then two or mor e sh ee ts are to be used they s hould be
pinned
to the cardboa rd , on e above the other, the corners only
very s
li ghtly over· la pping .
TA BLE .
For !~ r ~: l distance and IJ~~~ walls and han ~ .in g s use ! ~~ '. ~ sheet.
15 &I .. light o. 1
15 " dark .. I O. 3
NOTE - Never li se more th an one sh e el at a time in the Eastman Flash
She et H older.
T o M AKE A P OR T RA IT .- Pl ace the sitter in a chair partly
facing the K
oda k (which s hould be at the height of an ord in ary
tabl
e) and turn the f ace slightly towards the Kod ak. Th e
proper distan ce from th e camera to the sub ject can be ascer-
tained by loo
king at the image in the finde r. For a thr ee ·
quarter picture this will be from 6
to 8 f ee t, and for a full figure
from 8 to
10 f ee t. For using the Portr ait Atta chment, see
pag e 12 .
Th e fl ash should be on the side of the Kodak away from the
fa ce, that is, the sitter should not f ace it. Th e fl ash sho ul d not
be hi gher than the h
ead of the sitter.
To
MA KE A GRo u P. - Arrange the chairs in t he form of an
arc, fac
ing the Kodak, 50 that eac h chair wi ll be exactly the
s
ame distance from the camera. Ha lf the per so ns co mp osing
the gr oup sho ul d be se at ed and the rest s hould s tand
behind the chairs. If the: group is larg e any numb er of
chairs may
be us ed , but none of the subjects should be