KODAK DEVELOPING MACHINE. 



the over and under exposures in order to 

 test the latitude of the film when devel- 

 oped in the machine. No. 3 is from a 

 snap-shot made out of doors in a rather 

 hazy light. No hand development, no 

 matter how expert the operator, could have 

 secured better negatives from these expos- 

 ures. Theory is good, but facts are better ; 

 the results which the Kodak Developing 

 Machine accomplishes demonstrate that it 

 stands the test of use — it works. 



The appearance of an "unfixed" nega- 

 tive held beneath the faint light of a 

 dark-room lamp is deceitful. Leaving 

 out, then, every other consideration, any 

 amateur except one of the widest experi- 

 ence, can obtain better results by devel- 

 oping his negatives for a certain number 

 of minutes in the Kodak Developing 

 Machine than he can by developing them 



No. 1. One Minute Exposure. 



by hand in the dark-room and trying to 

 judge their density by what he can see 

 under a dark-room lamp. 



Indeed, the method of "timing" instead 

 of watching development is one that is 

 already receiving attention among think- 

 ing photographers. A correspondent of 

 the British Journal of Photography, in 

 discussing this subject in the issue of 

 March 7th, says "If the timing method 

 (of developing) is adopted, one of its 

 great advantages is that the photographer 

 will be more careful to make his expos- 

 ure correct and will abandon the mistaken 

 idea that T can put it right in de- 

 velopment/ * * * Unless each set of 

 exposures is developed at once, it is 

 almost impossible to use much discrimi- 

 nation in development, and it is much bet- 



No. 2. Six Minutes' Exposure. 



ter to expose correctly and time develop- 

 ment. 



If timing development is gaining 

 ground among those who use glass plates 

 and a dark-room, it certainly cannot fail 

 to find favor with those who can realize 

 the advantages of machine development. 

 At first the Kodak Developing Machine 

 may appeal to the amateur simply be- 

 cause of its convenience. Eventually he 

 will cling to its use because it will give 

 him better results than he can obtain by 

 the older methods. 



Any one who can operate a Kodak (and 

 who cannot?) can grasp the working of 

 the Kodak Developing Machine in ten 

 minutes. The operation is simplicity 

 itself. The mechanism is in no wise com- 

 plicated. It has no trappy features. Every- 

 thing is in plain sight. Carefully written, 

 illustrated directions explaining the whole 

 process in terms that a school child can 

 understand, accompany each machine. 

 Every step has the "Kodak Simplicity." 

 Briefly outlined, the process is this: 



No, j. Snap-shot in Hazy Light. 



