About this time of year—and Specially with vacations in the offing—many of us feel the need of a finer camera, with greater picture-taking ability.
A fine camera is about as easy to operate as any other, once you are familiar with it. But there is a difference in usefulness between the finer camera and the inexpensive model. Under adverse conditions, specially on dull days or with moving subjects, the inexpensive camera is handicapped. It may fail to get the very picture you want most. But under the same conditions, the fine Camera performs capably—insuring good pictures within much wider limits. ments to the Mediterranean, India and the Far East in July instead of September, 1939, as is usual. Details will have earlier relief.
In view of the training season there is some difficulty in providing the necessary draft conducting offi-
Indian Armies now on leave from these countries and colonies are therefore advised that free passage for themselves and indulgence passages for their wives and families, are available for those willing te undertake ships duty. Applications by officers wishing to avail themselves of this opportunity should be made immediately to the War Office, AG3. ©.
The first ship sails as follows with naval crews Army and Air Force drafts and is the Dilwara duly 1 Axa wes Hongkong The P. & O. trooper Ettrick leaves home on July 19, and arrives at 450,000 strong. We shall soon be able to, field 1,000,000 men. Militia ser-
In choosing your finer camera, consider these points carefully, so that you can select a model which exactly fits your picture-taking needs if you want to be able to take Pictures outdoors under all daylight conditions, bright or dull, early morning or late afternoon, choose a camera with a fast lens—an f63, 14. er faster. For night snapshots by ordinary electric light, without "flood" lamps; get a camera with f2 lens. it you want to take pictures of moving subjects—or those likely to move—choose a camera which has. a precision shutter with high speeds. A shutter speed of 1/400 or 1/500 second is needed for sports and fast action shots; 1/200 for moderate action; and 1/100 for snaps of slow action or subjects: such as babies or pets which may move suddenly and unexpectedly.
Some camera shutters now have built-in self-timer devices, which enable you to appear in pictures taken by yourself. Naturally, the selt-timer is an advantage in a vacation or family camera.
Now for picture size. If you expect to have your pictures finished as contact prints for album use, don't choose a camera that takes too small a picture. If, however, you plan to make enlargements, safe to pick a camera in the ture" group. And, if you want to full-colour transparency pictures, for large-size projection on a home screen, a miniature camera is just what you need.
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