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improve. Remember that in taking a yacht from a wharf 

 you must keep your camera as low as possible. I have 

 frequently dispensed with the tripod and held the camera 

 on the edge of the wharf itself. You will get a better idea of 

 the different angles of view from the pictures on the table 

 than from further explanation on my part. 



A view finder is an absolute necessity, and it must be 

 masked to coincide with your focussing screen exactly, or you 

 will never be able to place your object with any certainty. 



With regard to lenses, almost any ordinary landscape or 

 rapid rectilinear is well adapted for the work. A wide angle 

 lens is quite unsuitable. Most of my pictures are taken with 

 a Lancaster single lens or a rapid rectilinear, and as far as I 

 can see, the palm goes to the single lens. Focus a point 

 rather nearer than the yacht will be, and stop from /i 6 to/20 

 as you think fit. The distance need not be microscopically 

 sharp. If you use the tripod leave the nut loose, so that you 

 can swing the camera to place the boat in a suitable position. 

 You need not be afraid to tilt the camera, as there are no 

 buildings on the water to show the effect, and the boat itself 

 is out of perpendicular anyway. 



With regard to plates, I will not mention any particular 

 maker ; any ordinary plate will do. Rapid plates are not 

 necessary. I have tried several, and never got a picture on 

 one that pleased me yet. Isochromatic plates give good 

 results. 



Most of your shutters are either Lancaster, Thornton, 

 Pickard, or drop shutters. They are all good, but do not ask 

 them to do work they were never intended to do. It requires 

 a special shutter to take a boat going at full speed broadside 

 on and close to your lens. Take them at an angle, and they 

 are fast enough. 



As in most other branches, the development is a great 

 point, and I am certain a great deal depends on the choice of 

 a suitable developer. I have tried hydrokinone, eikonogen, 

 rodinal, pyro-ammonia, and pyro-soda. With the first three 

 I have several fine-looking negatives and many bad ones. 

 The bad ones will not print at all, and the good ones are 

 a disappointment when put in the frame. True, some of my 

 pyro negatives look very shady, but they all print well, and 

 that is the great point. We do not want negatives to look at. 



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