Apparatus for a Field Worker 85 



ment on the old, to simplify the various processes 

 of photography. 



However, I shall give from my experience, 

 combined with what I know of the experience of 

 others, hints concerning the apparatus which I 

 have found most useful, and shall hope that those 

 hints will be taken for what they are worth ; for my 

 opinions, while based upon a fair amount of knowl- 

 edge, I do not for a moment consider infallible, 

 nor do I wish any of my readers to consider them 

 as such. 



In the first place, I would advise all beginners 

 to use as little apparatus as possible and to make 

 that apparatus as light as is compatible with 

 strength and rigidity. When one starts out for a 

 ten or fifteen mile tramp in the quest of subjects 

 it is well that the burden he has to carry should 

 be as small as possible, for every extra pound will 

 begin to tell after the second or third mile, and 

 before he has returned he will think that the 

 weight has increased tenfold. 



I almost invariably use, on my long jaunts, a 

 four by five camera. This size is, I think, the 

 most practical for all-round nature work. It is 

 light and can be carried long distances without 

 inconvenience, takes up little room, and at least 

 two dozen plates can easily be carried with it in 

 plate-holders or magazine. 



The plates, after development, can be much 



