The movie-taking was a b\ist. In order to nse the close-up camera 
the tripod is essential. We found that if we take time enough to set up 
a tripod and make calculations as to llght-placetaent the population of 
small 
Ing creatures in front of the lights is so great that any sort 
of data based on light -distances would be \jseIeBs. We mst use a camera 
th&t can be operated without loss of time. 
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July Ikth . Tuesday. This morning we spent some time calibrating old 
Long Snoot for a range of F stops that would accoHBJodate the new film 
for testing. Ban the used film through it several times to see that it 
still was working. Then I put in a roll of the new fast film. Before 
I hM run through the leader it jammed solid. I pulled the loop free 
and tried again. Same thing. This was no coincidence j this was a 
damaged camera^ one ttet had to be sent in for repairs. 
Bowing to the inevitable I removed the long lenses and the controls, 
fowid a suitable box, carted the caa^ra to the airport and started It on 
its way to California — with a letter imploring a speedy return. 
July 15th . Wednesdey. Well, we still have an undersea camera to use, 
and tests must be run on the new film. Tom and I took the wide-angle 
box out to the location where we had done the hermits and the lobsters 
and ran a series of tests with apertures from Fj 4 to fil£* That should 
bracket the proper exposure somewhere along the line. We rushed in, 
btmdled up the film, and shot it in to Kansas City, with a letter begging 
for a quick analysis and report. Kow we shall Imve to wait. 
In the afternoon Tom and I to the filming area again to do some 
stills — it was too cloudy for anything else. All about the little 
