Early Work In Photography
A Text-book For Beginners
Forfatter: W. Ethelbert Henry C. E., H. Snowden Ward
År: 1900
Forlag: Dawbarn and Ward, Limited
Sted: London
Udgave: 2
Sider: 103
UDK: IB 77.02/05 Hen
Illustrated with an actual negative and positive, and numerous
explanatory diagrams throughout the text
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CHAPTER VI.
THE OUTFIT.
QY the time the student has overcome the difficulties of
• development, and has, to a reasonable extent,
• mastered the lesson contained in the last chapter, he-
will naturally be anxious to make his own negatives,
he is able to develop a lantern slide plate with any degree
of accuracy, he may with safety make up his mind to buy a
camera, and take up photography in earnest. The worst
trials are over, and any future difficulties he may have, will
only add zest to his pursuit.
The choice of apparatus requires deep consideration, and
that is why we have gradually led the student up to the
mystery of development.
Had we not done so, it is probable that the first purchase
would have been a cheap and useless outfit, which would be
cast aside in unspeakable disgust, after a few blundering
trials, accompanied by unaccountable failures.
But now the student lias sufficient insight into photography
to know whether he will care to follow it up with enthusiasm,
or to drop it, or only to dabble with it by fits and starts.
If the latter be the case we advise him to buy a small,
moderately cheap, complete outfit which, for a size of 3% by
4% inches (commonly called “quarter-plate ”), may be bought
for about 20s. to 40s. This price includes a single lens, a
camera, one dark slide (to carry two plates), and a tripod.
If, on the contrary,he is determined to take up photography
as a favourite hobby, or for illustrative purposes, we strongly
recommend the purchase (at first hand) of a perfect set of
appliances. No matter what size is decided upon, let each
article be the very best obtainable.
Let us now consider the matter of size, as suited to in-
dividual requirements. An artist who simply wishes to
utilize photography as a rapid means of sketching “ studies "
—whether of still, or animal life—may find a quarter-plate
camera sufficiently large for his purpose, and this small size
has several advantages, that it will be well to consider. In
the first place it is light and easy to carry; the camera, tri-
c