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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1892 (1890s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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B. Background. R. Reflector. E. Cheese-cloth Screen. G. Gas Cylinders.P. Parabolic Reflector. S. Subject. C. Camera. I use a 5 x 7 Victoria Camera with a 6^ x 8J Gundlach Lens,and make two cartes-de-visite on one plate, slightly alteringthe head in the second exposure; of these I print from thebest one. With an aperture of -jt anc* a rapid plate, the averageexposure is about three seconds. The calcium light has its faults as well as its advantages;for instance, you cannot light a group of more than fivepersons properly on account of the parabolic mirror used toproject the rays forward not evenly illuminating a circle ofmore than iive or six feet in diameter; but for single portraitsyou can place a cardboard tube in front of your light and
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u ►J AND PHOTOGRAPHIC TIMES ALMANAC. 95 adjust it so as to vignette out any portion not wanted; thissaves much time in printing and gives a bold picture on ablack background. This light is rather expensive, but for an evenings work ofone hundred exposures it does not cost any more than flashlight, and emits no smote, besides giving you a chance toproperly light your subject before exposing, as you keep itburning all the while. The cost for an evenings run here inNew York is about $2.50. I keep a cylinder of gas in my room all the time, for besidesbeing handy to use when a friend comes in, it is also useful tocopy or enlarge by, when I am pressed for daylight. Louis Clarence Bennett. CHRISTMAS CARDS BY PHOTOGRAPHY. During the holiday season, when Christmas cards are usedso extensively, every camerist should be able to manufacturehis own. For the benefit of those readers of the PhotographicTimes Annual who are at a loss to know how to produce themthese instructions are intended. Last

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