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1940 article on a Polaroid fader for 8\/16mm movie cameras<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. Professional movies shot on 35mm film or larger used a variety of techniques to switch the film – and audience – from one scene to the next. In one method, the scene ending was slowly faded out while the scene beginning was slowly faded fully open.<\/p>\n

A May 1940 filler article \u00a0in Popular Mechanics announced a Polaroid accessory for any amateur \u00a08\/16mm movie lens to create fades. As many people know, placing two Polaroid filters together and rotating one will vary light throughput from zero (dark) to maximum brightness (light). A clever fader design that works for both B&W film and colour film.<\/p>\n

My thanks to a good friend and fellow photographic historian, George Dunbar, for sharing this tasty little article with us. I have a number of Polaroid filters to dampen reflections but no dual filter faders.<\/p>\n

The title of this post is a popular song title. I chose Mark Knopfler and the Dire Straits rendition of, “Fade to Black<\/a>” since I like them and have this CD. Even if you don’t especially care for the band, the black and white images and the use of the fade are worth watching!<\/p>\n

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