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RECREATION. 



informed people refuse to believe that a 

 perfect and beautiful photograph can be 

 made from a film negative. 



For a long time I used no other developer 

 than eiko-hydro. Bought in properly pro- 

 portioned powers and diluted with anywhere 

 near the right quantity of water, it will turn 

 out a satisfactory negative from any plate 

 or negative not grossly misexposed. Hav- 

 ing read so much about pyro, I procured a 

 package of pyro powders. Following the 

 directions carefully, I developed a roll of 

 films exposed on snow scenes that cost me 

 considerable trouble to obtain. The result 

 was a batch of good negatives badly stained. 

 The stains were irregular in shape and size, 

 appearing like thin spots, printing several 

 shades darker than the rest of the negative. 



I have made more poor negatives through 

 misjudging the quantity and quality of the 

 light than from any other cause. 



W. B. More, Harrison, Colo. 



MUCH DEPENDS ON THE MAN. 



I want to enter your photo contest, and 

 wish you would give me a few points on 

 cameras. I have a tele photo Poco, D, 

 4x5. Do you think this is better than the 

 Cartridge Kodak, No. 4? Please tell me 

 what you think is a good all around plate 

 camera. What magazine will give me most 

 points on photo taking and finishing? 



V. V., Schenectady, N. Y. 



ANSWER. 



Fair work can be done with any good 

 camera, the results being largely dependent 

 on the ability of the man behind the lens. 

 Both cameras mentioned are capable of 

 good results. Any good camera box, fitted 

 with a good lens, will serve your purposes. 

 The Goerz lenses are excellent. 



I know of no magazine that could give 

 you more valuable information, of the kind 

 you seek, than Recreation. Its photo de- 

 partment is conducted purely for the benefit 

 of amateurs. — Editor. 



SNAP SHOTS. 



I wish to make flashlight pictures of the 

 interior of a large cave. One portion that 

 I particularly want is 100 feet wide and 

 200 feet long, or, rather, deep. _ How much 

 magnesium powder will be required to prop- 

 erly light it? 



O. Denny, Martinsburg, Ind. 



ANSWER. 



The question is rather a difficult one to 

 answer. Exposures of this kind require 

 considerable experimenting. I suggest, 

 however, that a number of flashes be 

 made at different points as far forward as 

 possible, employing any ledges that may ex- 

 ist to protect the camera from the direct 

 light of the flash. Each charge might be 

 one ounce or a little over. Reflectors back 



PO NOT FAIL TO SEND IN YOUR PRINTS FOR THE PHOTO CON- 

 TEST, WHICH WILL END NOVEMBER 30*- 



of the flash lamp would increase the volume 

 of light. — Editor. 



I have had considerable experience in 

 taking live game pictures. I use a No. 4 

 4x5 Kodak, and get best results from 

 plates, though films are much easier to 

 carry. When the sun shines I use No. 8 

 stop and seldom fail to get a good negative. 

 I use a small stop on a cloudy day, and ex- 

 pose 3 to 5 seconds. I get the best results 

 from films by cutting them and developing 

 singly. I have made several attempts to 

 take a time exposure of a live animal on a 

 cloudy day by holding . the camera in my 

 hands, but never got a good picture that 

 way. S. T., Fredericton, N. B. 



Of course not. No one can hold a cam- 

 era still enough and for a sufficient time to 

 get a good picture of that kind. — Editor. 



At what temperature should water be for 

 washing prints ? Can you give me a recipe 

 for a glue like that on the back of postage 

 stamps and labels for mounting squeegeed 

 prints, on wet cardboards? How can it be 

 applied to the prints while yet on the ferro- 

 type plate ? 



Arthur Roth, Prairie du Chien, Wis. 



ANSWER. 



In washing prints water should be at nor- 

 mal temperature. I have not the govern- 

 ment formulae for stamp glue. I do not 

 advise you to apply paste to prints which 

 are drying on ferrotype plates. — Editor. 



I am anxious to know just how many of 

 Recreation's readers own and use cameras, 

 and how many of them do their own de- 

 veloping and printing. I will, therefore, es- 

 teem it a personal favor if each of my 

 readers who has a camera will send me a 

 postal card stating this fact, and further 

 stating whether or not he does his own de- 

 veloping and printing. — Editor. 



The picture on page 346, a clever piece 

 of composite photography, was made for 

 the Des Moines Insurance Co. Mr. S. C. 

 Spear, of Algona, Iowa, who sent it in, says 

 that figures from 7 different negatives were 

 mounted on a large card and rephoto- 

 graphed. 



I think J. E. Bates will find his troubles 

 from blisters will disappear if he will make 

 sure his hypo bath is acid. Also try add- 

 ing formalin to developer. I have used 

 Cyko paper the past year and I find blis- 

 ters do not form if the hypo is acid. 



Dr. A. M. Kenney, Roxbury, Mass. 



A young married man whose family was 

 recently enlarged by twins rushed into the 

 telegraph office and wired the glad news 

 t© his parents thus: "Twins today, more 

 tomorrow."— Exchange. 



