14 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Fig. 2-1. The Sawyei Personal Camera.unfamiliar with photographic technique, because it needs no
exposure meter, no calculating, no bother. The exposure con-
trol has been integrated with the camera controls so cleverly that
all you have to do is to set one dial to the speed you wish to use
and a second one to the light conditions, then press the button.
To those who are skeptical about the practicability of such a
device, I will only say that I made more than^100 exposures fol-
lowing the system and without benefit of meter and then gave
the camera to a novice who exposed some 70 frames. The nov-
ice’s films exhibited a better average of good results than the
usual amateur photographer of normal competence will obtain
in conventional photography. I obtained 96 percent with an
additional two percent within consideration.
Unlike most cameras, the whole unit is self contained. The
lenses lie within the body, and the filters (when used) lie in the
body wall, retained by the standard Series V retaining ring.
The body is oblong with rounded ends, six inches long, 3%
high and two thick. It weighs, loaded, one pound, nine ounces.
The finish is black and chrome, and is provided if desired with a
good eveready case.