THE BIG GAME OF AFRICA 



Of these twelve exposures only four were really clear, 

 first-class negatives, which are reproduced in the chapter 

 on the rhino. Then, another thing against this other- 

 wise so excellent apparatus is that the slightest vibra- 

 tion of the hand or the tripod makes the picture blurred, 

 and the lens requires a good deal of light, and that from 

 the right direction, if a very short exposure is to be 

 successful. 



If I should go out to Africa again I would take an 

 American-made camera — the naturalist's Graflex — which 

 is made by the kodak company in Rochester. This 

 camera is even more expensive than the Zeiss, costing, 

 when new, with the best kind of tripod, two film holders 

 and case, about $500, but it is, without a doubt, the best 

 camera outfit in existence for wild-animal photography. 

 It is advisable to take two film or plate holders to enable 

 the photographer to make quicker changes when at work 

 in the field. Otherwise the changing of the film roll may 

 spoil his chances for another exposure, wanted in a hurry. 

 It was with such camera outfit that both Mr. Kermit 

 Roosevelt and Mr. Dugmore achieved their wonderful 

 success in photographing wild beasts, both at night and 

 in the daytime, and Dr. Chapman uses the same apparatus 

 in his bird photography. This excellent camera is also a 

 little heavier and larger than the Zeiss telephoto apparatus, 

 but it has that wonderful advantage, common to all the 

 Graflex cameras, that the photographer is able to focus 

 on a ground glass, where he sees the image right-side up 

 and without any focusing cloth over his head, until the 

 very moment that he " snaps " the picture. He is thus 

 not obliged to do any guessing at all as to the exact dis- 



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