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Show SNAPSHOT GUILD ft ' 4 f i gT JI I ftp Featured in this picture is one of the newest home movie cameras on the market. It's an 8mm. fixed-focus camera that sells for under $50. Home Movie Equipment TODAY'S column Is especially for those who want to make home movies and who are trying to decide what type of equipment to buy. In the final stages of making your decision, you'll want to con-tult con-tult with your photographic dealer, deal-er, but before you do that the first thing you should decide is whether you want to make 8mm. or 16mm. movies. While many factors will enter Into this choice, the foremost is film cost. Obviously, the larger film is the more expensive. So, you will want to take into consideration considera-tion what you are able to do with Bach size. The big difference lies in the size of the image recorded on the film and the resultant size of the image which can be projected on the screen. The 16mm. picture is twice as high and twice as wide as that produced on 8mm. film. There fore, you have to weigh the advantage advan-tage of the lfimm.'s large, more detailed pictures against the film economy of using the 8mm. Also, the 16mm. film can be projected from a considerably greater distance. dis-tance. If you choose to take advantage of the lower priced 8mm. film, you'll want your camera to be as good as possible to make up in some part for the admitted limitations limi-tations of the size of the image projected on the screen. Of course, your movie camera won't be of much use to you without with-out a projector. While the 8mm. equipment iSD't drastically cheaper than the 16mm. projection units, the 8mm. projector won't need as much illumination as is required to show 16mm film and its smaller size enables use of lighter weight materials. It is only for those reasons rea-sons that you may expect a price difference. John van Guilder , |