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RECREATION. 



OVER-EXPOSURE. 



Th* result of this, if not counteracted, will 

 be to produce a flat, washed-out negative, 

 and, therefore, our aim must be to increase 

 contrast as much as possible; and as, in 

 the pyro developer, pyro gives contrast, we 

 shall increase the quantity in use above 

 normal. As the alkali, or soda, tends to sof- 

 ten the negative and render development 

 more rapid, we shall decrease it. It will be 

 in less than the normal quantity. We want 

 development to be slow and contrast to be 

 as marked as possible. 



A plan which is rather dangerous, in in- 

 experienced hands, is to pour off the de- 

 veloper and let the image continue to grow 

 by the action of the developer left in the film. 

 This will also teach how much developer the 

 plate can absorb and use. 



UNDER-EXPOSURE. 



This fault, of course, will give hard, chalky 

 black and white negatives. That is to say 

 the contrasts will be too exaggerated and 

 the tone will be spoiled in this direction. As 

 pyro gives contrasts, the quantity to meet 

 this defect must be reduced, and the am- 

 monia or soda increased in quantity. The 

 quicker we develop the less contrast we get; 

 so our object will be to rush out the image 

 with as much haste as possible. 



UNKNOWN EXPOSURE. 



Here is a difficulty indeed! We have to 

 meet certain conditions and we are ignorant 

 of what they are. How are we to proceed 

 under such circumstances as these? Tenta- 

 tively, of course. That is, we must make up 

 a developer as normal, having the alkali and 

 bromide close at hand in case of need. Now, 

 if the image begins to appear all over at once 

 we immediately pour off developer, add bro- 

 mide, and re-apply, washing out the old de- 

 veloper from the plate before we do so. 

 Then we make a new developer to suit an 

 over-exposed plate. If, on the other hand, 

 development is slow — nothing appears, or 

 an image appears most reluctantly — we wash 

 the plate and apply a developer as for un- 

 der-exposure. 



Such ' deyeloping work, carried on with 

 judgment and on scientific lines, is most in- 

 teresting, and there is no reason why we 

 should lose a plate when so working. 



HOME MADE DEVELOPING TRAYS. 



Get a few strips of white pine lumber, 

 say one-half inch thick by one inch wide. 

 Plane smooth, and near lower edge make a 

 groove their entire length, wide enough to 

 admit an ordinary thickness of window 

 glass. Next cut them in lengths for dimen- 

 sions as required and fasten on a piece of 

 glass in grooves, firmly nailing or screwing 



frame together. Next, melt some red resin 

 cement and run it along grooves to make 

 all water tight. Then saturate the wood 

 with melted paraffine, by using a heated 

 iron. You will now have a cheap and good 

 tray, having a transparent bottom. This is 

 a great advantage in viewing the progress 

 of development. By making the tray say 

 2 inches longer than plates you use, you can 

 pour the developer on one end and lifting 

 the tray can flow the liquid readily and 

 easily over your plate. Again I say, how- 

 ever, buy the modern trays at your dealers, 

 if you can afford them. 



A GOOD HYPO BOX. 



Cut out of one half inch stuff, the strips 

 for a vertical box of dimensions to admit 

 your plates for fixing. Screw the sides and 

 bottom together, first having cut some 

 grooves wide enough to take the plates in 

 the sides of your box when they are 

 dropped in it in a vertical position. Cement 

 and saturate with paraffine; nail small strip 

 across bottom, inside, to keep lower edges 

 of plate from resting on bottom. You can 

 buy the rubber vertical boxes at the dealers, 

 but they are expensive and the above will 

 answer. 



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