PHOTOGRAPHIC OUTFIT 11 



tent with a bag-like opening, which is tied round the 

 waist, so that one's head and arms are inside. In cool 

 weather this is all very well, but in hot weather it 

 is frightfully uncomfortable for one's self and danger- 

 ous for the plates. 



In going on a long trip it is well to be provided 

 with a small quantity of concentrated developer, two 

 rubber or celluloid trays, and a small red candle- 

 lamp, in order to make a test negative once in a 

 while to be sure that everything is going properly. 

 Nothing can be more disappointing than to find 

 after a long trip that through some small defect in 

 camera or shutter all your work is spoiled ; and yet 

 such occurrences are by no means uncommon. 



The question of what plate to use is an important 

 one, and one which every man must answer for him- 

 self. Almost any of the good makes are good, and 

 generally the complaints made against them are 

 unfounded, those who make the criticisms being 

 usually beginners who think it smart to find fault. 

 For all work where colour-values require to be ren- 

 dered accurately, isochromatic plates are necessary, the 

 slower kind being most truly isochromatic. With 

 gain in speed there is loss in their sensitiveness to 

 the reds, greens, and yellows. Backed isochromatic 

 plates are the ideal kind, combining as they do all 

 the virtues of both the nonhalation and isochromatic 

 properties. For sky effects they are perfect. Non- 



