AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



WHAT THE PRIZE WINNERS USED. 



I wrote each of the persons who won 

 prizes in Recreation's third annual pho- 

 tograph competition, asking for a state- 

 ment as to name of camera, lens, plate and 

 paper used in making the picture thus 

 designated by the judges. Here are the 

 answers: 



I thank you and the judges most sin- 

 cerely for awarding me one of the prizes, 

 .not so much for the value thereof, but hav- 

 ing one of my pictures recognized in open 

 competition among so many as must have 

 been sent in to you, gives me a great deal 

 of pleasure. 



The picture was taken with a Manhattan 

 Optical Co.'s Bo-Peep camera, fitted with 

 their extra rapid rect. lens and a Bausch & 

 Lomb Iris Diaphragm shutter. This is the 

 camera you sent me as a premium for a 

 club of subscriptions. I used a Stanley 

 plate, 50 sen., gave a time exposure of x /z 

 second, on stop 64. The print was made 

 on vera matt paper. J. R. Peterson. 



Your favor of the 17th, announcing my 

 success in your photo competition, duly 

 received and I thank you for same. The 

 3 pictures " Arion," " Nirvana " and " Tug 

 of War," which won 5th, 9th and 15th 

 prizes, were made with an Eastman box, 

 Darlot No. 2 lens, Tucker shutter, Seed 

 plate, 26 vera matte paper. 



I regret I have been too busy to hustle 

 for Recreation, but enclose one subscrip- 

 tion and one $. I have gotten 2 members 

 for the L. A. S. We need it badly here. 

 F. G. Warner. 



I am in receipt of your favor of recent 

 date, enclosing check for $25 as second 

 prize, for which please accept my thanks. 

 Every dollar of that check will be paid 

 back to dear old Recreation in yearly 

 subscriptions; for I shall surely take it 

 for 25 years if I live that long. 



In making the picture entitled " Punct- 

 ured," I used a home-made camera, fitted 

 with a platyscope lens. The negative was 

 made on a Carbutt orthochromatic plate 

 and printed on Aristo platino paper. 



Chas. W. Long. 



Your letter received, informing me of 

 my good fortune in winning 2 prizes. To 

 say I appreciate this honor is expressing it 

 mildly. Another year I shall endeavor to 

 place my name higher in the list and hope 

 I may be successful. 



I used a hand camera, a Victor rapid 

 rectilinear lens, Seed's 26x plate and aristo 

 platino paper. Will J. Dick. 



You ask particulars regarding my pict- 

 ure, " Contentment." It was printed 

 from a negative made by a 5 x 7 hand 

 camera, on a Forbes orthochromatic plate. 

 I sent you 2 copies, one glossy and one 

 mat finish. The glossy one was on Solio 

 paper, toned in both gold and platinum, 

 and the other on Aristo platino paper, also 

 double toned, as per regular formula. 



Thanking you and the judges for having 

 awarded the first prize to me, I am, 

 Gratefully yours, 



H. G. Reading. 



In reply to your inquiry: The photo 

 " Water Rats," which you say won fourth 

 prize, was made with a Blair English 

 Compact camera, 6^x8^2. Lens, No. 3 

 Extra Rapid Euryscope. Plate, Stanley, 

 50. Paper, platino. 



The Adlake camera, awarded me as a 

 prize, received, and I am much pleased 

 with it. Shall hope to send you some fine 

 photos taken with it. Please accept my 

 thanks. Charles W. Glines. 



I am very much pleased with the prize 

 of a year's subscription to Recreation. It 

 is as good a prize as any one could wish. 



My picture " Applying the Second 

 Dose " was taken with a 4 x 5 Rochester 

 Optical Company's hand camera. The 

 plate used was the " Z. B." Dry Plate, de- 

 veloped with Eikonogen. Print was oh 

 Solio paper, toned with the combined bath. 

 A. E. Flint, Irene, S. D. 



I appreciate the honor given my picture 

 entitled " Out of Meat," and hope to see 

 the day when I may make others for you; 

 but at present am powerless to do any- 

 thing except for Uncle Sam, as I am in 

 his service now. 



I used a Monitor camera, Excelsior 

 lens, Seed's gilt edge plate, and albuma 

 paper. Sergt. Geo. W. Beard, 



Co. A, 5th 111. Vol. Inf., 



Camp Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga. 



Your letter received, and I am pleased 

 to learn my picture has taken a prize. The 

 camera used was one my wife got from 

 you for getting subscriptions to Recrea- 

 tion, namely, hand camera, an Achro- 

 matic lens, Stanley dry plate, and Solio 

 paper. Chas. S. Butters. 



In making the picture entitled " Drop," 

 which won tenth prize in Recreation's 

 third annual competition, I used a 5 x 7 

 Baby Wizard camera, the extra rapid 

 rectilinear lens, cyclone plate and Solio 

 paper. Joseph Boehrer. 



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