Identifier: americanannualof1911newy (find matches)
Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1911 (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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ame size as the platewill do, although the ordinary magazine camera with the dimin-utive view finder will serve, providing one has good judgmentand plenty of patience. A fine-grained focusing screen is nec-essary when the light is very poor, but oil or vaseline can berubbed into the grain of a coarse one to improve it. Of course,the larger the aperture of the lens the less the exposure, butF.8 is a fair average. The fastest plates are best, not only in speed, but they tendto give less contrast than slow ones, and they should be backedand a normal Rodinal developer used. Excessive contrast,halation and reversal of the lights are sure to be met with, buta proper exposure, fast plates (backed) and a developer whichtends not to give contrast, will help to keep their faults under. The negatives can often be improved by applying matt var-nish to the shadow or other portions it is desired to hold back,or soot from a lighted candle can be used instead, working onthe glass side, of course. ii6
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