CHAPTER VI 



APPARATUS FOR A FIELD WORKER 



THE absolutely necessary apparatus which one 

 must have in order to work along the lines of 

 nature photography is not very extensive or very 

 expensive. It is always well, however, when one 

 wishes to do the best work possible, to be supplied 

 with the best tools possible. So it is always 

 advisable to start out with the proper outfit, even 

 though it does cost a little more than one antici- 

 pated, than to spend less money and find that 

 one's apparatus is inadequate to the demands 

 made upon it and be forced to discard it even- 

 tually in favor of that which should have been 

 originally bought. 



This will inevitably happen if one starts out 

 with a poor outfit, although I should advise the 

 beginner to start with but one camera until he 

 has become somewhat familiar with the work and 

 found out whether or not he wishes to continue 

 at it. By that time, too, he will have become 

 better acquainted with the different makes of 

 cameras and lenses and will, consequently, be 

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