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The boy mechanic, book 3

Book 3 — Rectangular Opening to Use over Camera View Finder

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The Rectangular Opening Allows Only That Portion of the View to be Seen Which will Show on the Picture

Ordinary view finders on cameras, having the cut-out in the shape of a Maltese cross, are quite confusing to some camera users. To overcome this difficulty, I cut a piece of celluloid to the shape shown, and in taking a picture, the proper opening is held over the view finder so that only the view that will appear in the picture can be seen.—Contributed by E. Everett Buchanan, Elmira, N. Y.

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