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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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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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FIG. 1.At-home Portrait, taken in an ordinary room; 16 in. Smith Lens. large plate becomes a long-focus lens when used for a smallerplate, or when the picture occupies only a small portion ofa large plate. I have a lens of ii inches focal length whichwill cover an 8 by lo plate, but when used for a plate thissize it is far too short for figure work and gives very violentperspective; but the same lens used for a 4 by 5 plate is along-focus lens and gives quite pleasing drawing. Those who possess a symmetrical R.R. lens or a convertibleanastigmat might well try the experiment of using only onecombination of the lens instead of the complete lens, providedthe camera is furnished with sufficient bellows extension topermit of its use. With regard to the lighting of the hands, it is well to knowthat a hand in shadow will generally appear smaller than ahand in full light, and in this respect a good deal can often bedone to improve the picture by dodging in printing so thatthe hands are render

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