12 PHOTOGRAPHY FOR BIRD-LOVERS. 



If the pocket or inclination dictates the purchase 

 of only one instrument of moderate price, then 

 most certainly let it be a stand-camera of some 

 well-known and substantial make, a tropical 

 model by preference, as that means additional 

 strength, and brass bindings at the corners and 

 at other points liable to injury. Above all, 

 let it be one designed for service and not for 

 appearance only. Avoid sharply tapering bellows, 

 for at times the sliding front will have to be greatly 

 raised and depressed and then, unless the bellows 

 are roomy and well fashioned, they are sure to 

 cut off a portion of the picture. 



A turn-table is much to be preferred to even 

 the largest tripod-head, as apart from the rotary 

 movement thus afforded greater stability is 

 assured. A tilting-table is also useful as therewith 

 the camera may be made to point downwards at 

 any angle while the legs remain in the normal firm 

 position. 



The Shutter. 



The camera must be fitted with a behind-the- 

 lens shutter, as those placed in front on the flange 

 are not only less secure and trustworthy, but, 

 since the movement of the blind and cord is in 

 them fully visible, they can rarely be re-set in the 

 face of a sitting-bird, and are therefore frequently 

 fatal to success. 



