PHOTOGRAPHY 117 



And after all one owes it to one's stay-at-home 

 friends to bring them back something that will at the 

 same time interest them and enlarge their knowledge 

 of the world abroad. 



In considering this sort of outfit, sizes and weights 

 are of importance, especially for the sportsman who 

 is on a shooting trip of only a few months all told, 

 and is not going in for telescopic photography or 

 cinematography. 



In the choice of cameras individual taste and pocket 

 are great factors, but preference should be given to 

 those which are simple and compact in design and 

 easily carried. 



Medium Cameras. — If a wide range of subjects 

 is expected to be obtained besides the ordinary 

 snap-shot, such as monuments, native idols, carvings, 

 etc., a camera of, say, a 5 x 4 size, that can be adapted 

 both for films and plates, would serve the purpose, 

 a large quantity of films being taken for all ordinary 

 subjects and just a few plates that could be used for 

 special subjects where careful focusing with the ground 

 glass is required. 



It is, however, often found that even a camera of a 

 5x4 size is too large and bulky, and more often 

 than not is left in the camp, so that very many 

 excellent photos are not taken just where the oppor- 

 tunity occurs. 



Another great disadvantage of an ordinary camera 

 is that many studies of natives, etc., are spoilt by 



