File:The American annual of photography (1918) (14800987963).jpg

Identifier: americanannualof1918newy (find matches)
Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors:
Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
re-sults can be had with the kodak, it is primarily a camera forthe man who wants portability above all else. You sacrificethe power of composing a picture in the camera, as the finderis too small—you sacrifice the use of a speed lens as you have(without the range-finder) no way of focussing it—a scalebeing of little use for a lens larger than 6/3, speed pictures inthe true sense are impossible on account of this lens difficulty,and the use of low speed shutters, and you have no risingfront. Excuse me, you have? I knew a man once who could smell what was going on onthe film and he could look at an object in the finder, turn hisrising front up 3/18 of a turn and get exactly what he wantedon the film—Oh, yes, he could and he knew just what he wasgetting. I read Baron Munchausen in my youth and got so Icould believe things that were not so, but far from it andnever were so that, naturally, I accept this statement as gos-pel. Anyone that can guess what happens on a film when the 152
Text Appearing After Image:
PORTRAIT. Alice Boughton. rising front is raised can make a good living inventing per-petual motion, do it easier, and not strain their reputation forveracity so much. Personally, I would suggest to the amateur, who is not satis-fied with a small, cheap kodak and wants to go up a step, thathe buy one of the 3/4 x 434 oi* 4 x 5 folding type, such as theCentury Folding or the Film-Plate Premos. They can be usedwith a scale^—for guesswork, use either plate or film, and havea ground glass so that one can tell what they are doing, mostof them have bellows enough to use a lens of reasonablefocal length, and can be used for copying in most cases.Portability is sacrificed, of course—that is you cant put it inyour pocket, but you can get pictures with it that are almostimpossible with a kodak—indeed to one other than a range-finder type they are impossible. Far be it from me to decry the efficient, convenient, neat,and attractive kodak, but it has its place, just as the repeaterwatch has

Note About Images