RECREATION. 



THE FOLDING MONTAUK. '95 Prizewinner. 



The Folding Montauk combines the experience of our friends with other cameras and our own ingenuity to the end 

 that it has all modern improvements and a number of new features. It has swings, adjustable front, etc., etc., of our 

 own design. In finish it surpasses all others, and is undoubtedly a thing of beauty and a joy forever. 



Will make Snap Shots in all 

 Kinds of Weather. 



There is Nothing Equal to our 



Camera. Don't take the 



so-called Just as Good. 



PRICE. 



Fitted with Gundlach Double 



Rapid Rectilinear Lens 



and Shutter. 



For Pictures 4x5, $25 00 



5 x 7. 32.50 



6>£x 8#, 50.00 



8 x 10, 75.00 



Pointer ! 



You may be certain of one 

 thing, no Lens is equal to a 

 ROSS, London) made. If you 

 can afford it have one^ fitted to 

 your camera at once. 



Invitation. 



You are cordially invited to 

 inspect our warerooms. the larg- 

 est and handsomest in the world, 

 and examine our complete stock 

 of everything pertaining to pho- 

 tography. 



G. CENNERT, 24 and 26 East Thirteenth Street, New York, 



finger. Keep dabbing with the cotton and 

 grade off the color so the clouds look natural 

 By studying clouds from nature, their forms and 

 colors, with practice you may learn to produce 

 good imitations in this way. Get a tube of 

 Prussian blue and try it. 



Select a good dry plate and stick to it. Don't 

 be tempted to try" every new brand brought to 

 your notice. If you have a plate you know to be 

 good you will use it with confidence and know 

 where you are at, while with new ones you are 

 never quite sure of results. 



Always try to give your plates the correct 

 exposure. Make it a study. One can remedy, 

 to a limited extent only, in development, a 

 poorly exposed plate. Err on the side of over 

 exposure, if at all. Jno. W. Rusk. 



Professor G. Nordenskiold has been photo- 

 graphing snow flakes. Writing in the Photo- 

 graphic Times, he says : " The best way to 

 obtain a good photograph of a fine snow crystal 

 is to place it quickly on a glass slip, put a small 

 drop of colored liquid on it, and lay a thin over 

 glass on it. The liquid must have a low freezing 

 point. I used aniline oil, in which an aniline color 

 had been dissolved. In this liquid the most 

 delicate star would remain unaltered for hours." 



He uses a microscope in connection with the 

 camera. 



Photographs taken at the bottom of the sea, 

 by means of electric and magnesium lights, are 

 revealing to science facts hitherto unknown. 



The Seventh Annual Competitive Exhibition 

 of the Boston Camera Club, will be held in the 

 club rooms in April. Six diplomas are offered 

 for excellence in photographic art. The officers 

 of the club are : George M. Morgan, president ; 

 William Sumner Briggs, J. P. Loud, and Charles 

 Sprague, vice-presidents ; Wilbur C. Brown, 

 secretary, and Owen A, Eames, treasurer. 



Hector Maclean, F. G. S., writing in the 

 Photographic Times, mentions, among other 

 causes of failure, plates of films or films not 

 firmly fixed in dark slides ; dry plates not kept 

 perfectly air-tight and damp-tight ; vapor con- 

 densed on lens ; and dust. Be careful to keep 

 your lens perfectly clean. 



Every amateur photographer should see 

 the cover of the April number of Recreation. 

 It will have a picture that none of you will ever 

 be able to equal with a camera, yet it tells a 

 thrilling story of your favorite pastime. Look 

 out for it. 



Amateurs should strive for simplicity. A 

 single object, well defined, with good effect of 

 light and shade, is far more artistic than a 

 multiplicity of imperfect details. 



Amateur photographers are invited to send 

 specimens of their best work to Recreation. 

 Samples will be published from time to time, and 

 full credit given in each case. 



