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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The Outfit.
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observe the following stock shapes and sizes of plates taken
by cameras already in the market, the diagrams of which
are drawn to scale. It will be observed that the 4 X 5 size
varies but a little from quarter-plate, yet the cost of outfit
and materials is considerably higher and the extra weight is,
of course, appreciable. The half-plate size is a pretty on,
but the negatives are too large for making lantern slides by
contact printing, and are rarely large enough for decorative
purposes, neither do they reduce nicely to lantern plate size
Such a size would be useful for artists’ studies, but the
weight of the outfit is far in excess of the quarter-plate, with
no corresponding advantage..,_tn
The same remarks apply to 5 x 7. But when we come to
the whole-plate we at once realise that here is a shape
having vast possibilities, most of which we have already
pointed out. We need only
add that we may, of course,
produce long and narrow
pictures with such an outfit
by printing upon paper of
the desired shape, when
only part of the negative is
wanted.
Further, by means of in-
terior « carriers” it is pos-
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sible to expose plates of
small size (anything from ___________--_------------------
quarter-plate, in fact) in a
whole-plate camera, so that,
it is not necessary to spend money on large plates, until a
fair degree of accuracy in judging exposure and development
has been attained. . 1 1 111 La
Going on now to the next size larger there will be
observed no advantage in the 8 x 10 size while the cost of
botli outfit and materials, as well as the weight, is veiy
materially increased. . . . . elaee
The 10 x 12 and larger sizes are in our opinion useless,
unless we have servants to drag them around for us.1
It will be gathered from the foregoing that the choice ot
camera and other apparatus will now chiefly depend upon
the amount of money at disposal. . 1 n L .
If this is small, then our advice is, by all means buy a
quarter-plate outfit, but buy the best one possible. 1 1.
4If money is not a serious object buy the best whole-plate
outfit in the market. On no account buy a cheap and nasty
set.