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RECREATION. 



AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



"For sport the lens is better than the gun." 

 I wish to r make this department of the utmost 

 use to amateurs. I shall, therefore, be glad to 

 answer any questions and to print any items sent 

 me by practical amateurs relating to their experi- 

 ence in photography. 



8th ANNUAL COMPETITION. 



Recreation has conducted 7 amateur 

 photographic competitions, all of which 

 have been eminently successful. The 8th 

 opened April 1st, 1903, and will close .No- 

 vember 30th, 1903. 



Following is a list of prizes to be 



awarded : ? 



First prize: A Long Focus Korona Camera, 

 S x 7, made'by the Gundlach Optical Co., Roch- 

 ester, N. Y., "fitted with a Turner-Reich Anastig- 

 mat Lens, and listed at $85. 



Second prize: A No. 3 Folding Pocket Kodak, 

 .made- by the Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. 

 Y., fitted with a Bausch & Lomb Lens, Plastig- 

 mat LJ.nicum Shutter, and listed "at $61.50. ■ 



Third prize: A Royal Anastigmat Lens, 4 x 5, 

 made by the Rochester Lens Co., Rochester, N. 

 Y.; listed at $36. 



Fourth prize A Waterproof Wall Tent, 12 x 16, 

 made by' Abercrombie & Fitch, New York, and 

 listed at $32. 



Fifth prize: An Al- Vista-Panoramic Camera, 

 made by the Multiscope and Film Co., Burlington, 

 Wis., and. listed at $30. 



Sixth prize: A No. 3 Focusing Weno Hawk- 

 eye Camera, made by the Blair Camera Co., 

 Rochester, N. Y., and listed at $27.50. 



Seventh prize: A high grade Fishing Reel, 

 made by W. H. Talbot, Nevada, Mo., and listed 

 at $20. 



Eighth, prize: A Tourist Hawkeye Camera, 

 4 x 5, and made by the Blair Camera Co., Roches- 

 ter, N. Y., and listed at $15. 



Ninth prize: A Bristol Steel Fishing Rod, made 

 by the Horton Mfg. Co., Bristol, Conn., and 

 listed at $8. f 



Tenth prize: A pair of High Grade Skates, 

 made by Barney & Berry, Springfield, Mass., and 

 listed at $6. 



The 10 next best pictures will each be awarded 

 one dozen 8 x 10 Carbutt Plates, made by the 

 Carbutt Dry Plate Co., Wayne Junction, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



The 10 next best pictures will each be awarded 

 one dozen 5x7 Carbutt Plates. 



The 10 next best pictures will each be awarded 

 one dozen 4x5 Carbutt Plates. 

 - A special prize: A Gperz Binocular Field Glass, 

 listed at $74.25, will be given for the best picture 

 of a live wild animal. 



^ Subjects are limited to wild animals, 

 birds, fishes, camp scenes, and to figures 

 or groups of persons, or animals, repre- 

 senting in a truthful manner shooting, fish- 

 ing; amateur photography, bicycling, sail- 

 ing or other form of outdoor or indoor 

 sport or recreation. Awards to be made 

 by .3 judges, none of whom shall be com- 

 petitors. 



i Conditions : Contestants must submit 2 

 mounted prints, either silver, bromide, 

 platinum or carbon, of each subject, which, 

 as well ?.s the' negative, shall become the 

 property of Recreation. Negatives not to 

 be sent unless called for, ^ 



In submitting pictures, please write sim- ^ 

 tftly your full name and address on the back 



of each, and number such prints as you 

 may send, 1, 2, 3, etc. Then in a letter ad- 

 dressed Photographic Editor, Recreation, 

 say, for instance : 



No. 1 is entitled . 



Made with a camera. 



lens. 



plate. 



paper. 



On a 



Printed on 



Length of exposure, 



Then add any further information you 

 may deem of interest to the judges, or ta 

 other amateur photographers. Same as to 

 Nos. 2, 3, etc. 



This -is necessary in order to save post- 

 age. In all cases where more than the 

 name and address of the sender <nd serial 

 number of picture are written on the back 

 of prints I am required to pay letter post- 

 age here. I have paid as high a. f ; $2.50 on 

 a single package of a dozen pictures, in ad- 

 dition to that prepaid by the sencer, on ac- 

 count of too much writing on th? prints. 



Any number of subjects may be sub- 

 mitted. 



Pictures that may have been published 

 elsewhere, or that may have been entered 

 in any other competition, not available. No 

 entry fee charged. 



Don't let people who pose for you look 

 at the camera. Occupy them in some other 

 zvay.„ Many otherwise fine pictures have 

 failed to win in the former competitions 

 because the makers did not heed this warn- 

 ing. 



BUYING THE FIRST CAMERA. 



R. S. KAUFMAN. 



For the prospective buyer, a collection of 

 catalogues of the different makes of cam- 

 eras and the study of them will eventually 

 result in his asking every one who knows 

 anything about photography, "Which make 

 do you consider" the best? Which do you 

 prefer, plates or film? Which gives the 

 best results, a box camera or a folding 

 style? Is a tripod necessary? What kind 

 of lens makes the best pictures?" 



If the prospective purchaser lives in the 

 city, such questions can readily be answered 

 by demonstrations, unless the dealer favors 

 only one make, which is often the case, say- 

 ing that films are superior to plates, etc. 

 The person who does not have the oppor- 

 tunity of a critical examination is seriously 

 handicapped, and must arrive at a decision 

 by learning from the pages of the catalogue 

 what will best meet his needs. 



As to the make, one can always depend 

 on the firms that advertise in Recreation. 

 The names of Premo, Poco, Century, Ko- 

 rona, Kodak, Hawk-Eye, Al- Vista, etc.,~are 

 all reliable, and can be depended on. 



Plate or film, however, is a matter that 

 requires individual consideration. Person- 

 ally, I say plates, but as a dealer, when I 



