86 Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist 



more easily packed away and cared for than can 

 those of a larger size, and they are of the most 

 convenient size and shape both for making 

 enlargements from and for reducing for lantern 

 slides. Moreover, and this is of no little conse- 

 quence, they are much cheaper than are the larger 

 ones. 



The camera should be a long-focus one, with 

 extension of bellows at both front and back, and 

 should be of the best and most substantial make; 

 for it will receive many a hard knock before you 

 are done with it, knocks that a lightly built camera 

 will not stand. It should have both the reversible 

 and swing back and the rising front, all of which 

 have been described in a previous chapter. With 

 this style of camera I have done much of my best 

 work, and for all general photography there is 

 none better. 



As the worker advances and becomes more and 

 more adept in his art, he will find other cameras 

 of different sizes, while not absolutely necessary 

 to the successful issue of his work, at least very 

 useful, and he can add them to his outfit as occa- 

 sion demands ; but at first one camera will be 

 sufficient for all his needs. 



As to plate-holders, one can be none too care- 

 ful in his selection of them, for upon them a great 

 deal of his future success depends. There is 

 nothing more discouraging or maddening than 



