THE WOMBAT. 75 



GELATINO CHLORIDE PAPER IN THE 

 AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. 



By G. H. Brinsmead. 



Much has been said and written on Gelatino-Chloride Paper 

 relative to its advantages and disadvantages in comparison 

 with Albumen Paper. While many workers of the latter 

 admire greatly the brilliancy and detail of the former, they 

 still stick to the Albumen on account of the difficulties in 

 manipulation of the Gelatino. While on the other hand 

 those who worked Albumen until the introduction of the 

 Gelatino, and who have surmounted the aforesaid difficulties 

 and got fairly in the right groove of working the Paper, look 

 back upon the old Albumen as a commodity of the past, and 

 feel in themselves that the adoption of Gelatino-Chloride 

 Paper is a big step in advance. 



There is no doubt but that Gelatino Paper will hide 

 somewhat the faults of an indifferent negative and give a very 

 fair picture, where the Albumen would in no way assist, but 

 rather expose the weakness of the negative. It is just 

 possible that this may be one of the advantages which has 

 induced the majority of amateurs to adopt Gelatino. Many 

 complaints are made in reference to its toning and per- 

 manency ; as a worker of Gelatino from its introduction I am 

 of opinion that the faults lie in the hands of the worker. I 

 was rather surprised on seeing some prints exhibited at the 

 Exhibition and Congress of Photography held in Geelong 

 last Easter ; the subjects were all that could be desired, but 

 some of the prints were almost as yellow as chloride of gold, 

 and very muddy looking, lacking transparency altogether, 

 while others had all the shades of Joseph's coat, and presented 

 a very complete piece of patchwork, the indications known 

 as double toning would be no comparison to it. Then the 

 argument arose as to these causes, some ventured the opinion 

 that the alum bath was injurious, others put it down to 

 insufficient washing and fixing, &c, &c. My eye then caught 

 some magnificent specimens on the same manufacture of 

 paper, and in comparing notes it appeared very evident that 

 the difference in the pictures lay in the manipulation. 



Clerical, Livery <& Ladies' Tailor. 



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