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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1914 (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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roportions would appealto the tripper and char-a-bancer, but he was already supplied,and over-supplied, with all kinds of views of his pet resorts.So I elected to modernize my methods, travel light and takesmall sizes. To this end I had a quarter-plate folding hand camera madesuitable for plates by fitting to it a special back for plate-envelopes, with focussing screen complete. This was erectedfor use on a thoroughly rigid tripod of good height, so thateach view could be properly placed and focussed on theplate. Acting on a hint given in the pages of the BritishJournal of Photography by its editor, I chose a modern lens ofgood quality about 5^ inches focus, so that the best of defini-tion might be obtained. Orthochromatic plates of about 250H & D were used, and the filter was a good quality sealed filmof stained gelatine. I felt thoroughly ashamed of the outfitfrom a professional point of view, and had some difficulty inpersuading myself to act up to my convictions. I eased my 10
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THE WHITE SPIRE. WILLIAM S. DAVIS. conscience somewhat by taking with me a good well tried half-plate set, with half-a-dozen lenses. The trip extended to five weeks, and the average dayswalking was twenty miles, entailing ascents to tors 1500-1700feet, and descents to nearly sea level in the valleys, severaltimes a day. The course each day was more or less a mapand compass course across the moor in various directions.The weather was thoroughly English. One day we sat forfour hours under the lee side of a tor, the landscape blottedcompletely out to within six yards of our shelter by rain andmist, the cold bitter and the month July. In spite of constantadverse conditions some twelve dozen negatives were obtainedduring the trip, and although the half plate had been used forthose views in the more accessible places the small quarterplate had the entire responsibility for those views occurringin the remote places of the moor. It may be imagined that I was somewhat anxious over theresult of

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