Early Work In Photography
A Text-book For Beginners

How to Use the Outfit. 63 The camera may next be fastened to the tripod by means of a brass screw (supplied with it) which passes upwards through the tripod head into a hole in the underneath part of the camera base-board. This screw should be turned “home” until the camera is firmly attached and immovable, then release the screw just enough to permit the camera to be swung round if required. The tripod legs must be fully extended upon the ground (and firmly embedded therein to avoid slipping) while the camera is being placed in position. The student will now observe that although the back of the camera is firmly fixed at right angles to the base-board, the Fig, I.—Closed Camera attached to Tripod. Fig. 1.—Camera partly opened. front of the camera, which is to carry the lens, is still loose. This must now be brought into position, and the manner of doing this varies according to the make of the camera. In some cameras (as in Watson’s and McKellan’s) the front closes in a somewhat similar manner to the back, and folds face downwards on the base-board. Fig. 2 shows this pat- tern before the front board is raised. The front board may be lifted by inserting a finger under the end farthest from the upright back. When it has gained an upright position it must be clamped by means of its milled screws. In some other patterns the front board will be found (together with the bellows) packed upright inside the upright back (ground glass end) of the camera. This may simply be grasped and pulled forward to the end of the base-board and clamped with two screws tliat will be found upon the top of the front board—as is the case in cameras of Hare’s make. Whatever lens the student has chosen, it will be necessary