Cinematography 



four cameras are necessary, viz., a quarter-plate combined 

 hand and stand camera and a quarter-plate reflex fitted with 

 a full range of lenses, interchangeable for either camera. 

 Thirdly, a Panoram Kodak for survey work, and lastly, a 

 vest-pocket camera. 



Roll films are anathema to me. I always take glass 

 plates as giving far and away the best results, as much in 

 point of their keeping qualities as in the resulting negative, 

 although stiff films and film packs are both serviceable and 

 reliable. As a quarter-plate negative will enlarge well up to 

 almost any size, a larger camera than this is unnecessary 

 when weight and general handiness are to be considered. 



Needless to say, I have always undertaken my own 

 developing, and have found a lightly coloured solution of 

 permanganate of potash a useful hypo eliminator in hot 

 climates, where softening of the emulsion is inevitable. 



I think the making of a successful photograph lies in 

 knowing and selecting the most suitable place from where to 

 take it ; this should never be done haphazard if a pleasing 

 result is desired. Another thing worth remembering is, take 

 the photograph on the slowest plate that the subject and 

 light will allow. A camera should be loaded with both fast 

 and slow plates — the continuous use of fast plates of the 

 same speed is by no means desirable or necessary. 



Reverting again to cinematography, it may save the 

 unwary amateur from a pitfall if I record the fact that theie 

 is a law passed in England which disallows the importation 

 of cinematograph films as traveller's baggage. I know this, 

 as I once arrived at Plymouth with some two thousand feet 

 of exposed film in one of my tnmks, which I duly declared 

 on arrival and handed over to the customs authorities for 



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