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RECREATION. 



Will you inform me through Recreation 

 where I can get a developing paper called 

 albumen? 



D. A. Vaught, Washington, Pa. 



ANSWER. 



Albumen paper is in a class by itself. None 

 of the papers advertised come under this 

 head. Albumen was the sensitized paper 

 commonly used by professional photograph- 

 ers before the advent of gelatine and col- 

 lodion emulsion papers. Albumen paper 

 was in many cases entirely prepared by the 

 professional photographer. Anthony & 

 Company for a while had sensitized albu- 

 men paper on the market, but the demand 

 for it was so limited, they discontinued it. 

 They still carry regular albumen paper 

 unsensitized. — Editor. 



Last June I was talking with a man 

 about taking photographs, and he said it 

 was not hard to learn. I knew nothing 

 ■whatever about photography, but I bought 

 a camera and tried my luck at the business. 

 I have had good success. I have exposed 

 about 10 dozen plates and have lost "only 

 about a dozen. I have secured some ex- 

 cellent views and some photographs that 

 are hard to beat with the experience I have 

 had. I do my own developing, printing, 

 toning and mounting. I take more pleas- 

 ure in this work than in anything else I 

 ever tried. I get more enjoyment with a 

 camera in one week than I ever had with 

 a gun in 6 months. I wish others would 

 do as I have done, shoot with a camera in- 

 stead of a gun. 



J. F. Harris, Marion, N. C. 



Recently I watched one of my photo- 

 graphic friends mix a new developer. He 

 weighed out 4 ounces of sulphite, dumped 

 it into a wide mouthed bottle ; weighed out 

 a like quantity of carbonate of soda and put 

 that in another, and then poured water into 

 both from an ordinary pitcher. I was 

 astonished. 



"Don't you know how much water you 

 are adding?" I asked. 



"Oh! sure; when I pasted the labels on 

 the bottles I put them on so that their 

 upper edges came even with the top of 16 

 ounces of water. Now I never have to 

 use a graduate. I put in the required quan- 

 tities of the sodas and then fill up to the 

 top of the labels." The hint is a good one. 

 — Western Camera Notes. 



In your photo department I notice A. M. 

 P., Clifton, N. J., wishes to know what is 

 the best camera for amateurs to start with. 

 Having had experience with several dif- 

 ferent makes when I was a beginner, I sug- 

 gest a 4x5 Wizard or a Korona. I 



found these 2 to le the simplest to manipu- 

 late and supplied wLh the best lenses, the 

 Wizard especially having a lens that al- 

 ways cuts a clear, sharp picture, that gives 

 encouragement to the tyro. 



Your photo department excels any I have 

 read, even in the photo journals. 



Fred Boorman, Evelith, Minn. 



I made a toning bath according to a for- 

 mula printed in October Recreation, the 

 one including 30 grains of acetate of soda. 

 It tones prints to a beautiful blue black, 

 but they all have a pinkish hue. Can you 

 tell me why? I have followed the direc- 

 tions accurately. It does not seem right 

 to have the prints come ou*t so pink. 



Mrs. Carrie P. Hamilton, Lyrn. Mass. 



ANSWER 



I should say it was a case of double ton- 

 ing which probably comes from not neu- 

 tralizing the toning bath properly.— 

 Editor. 



Recreation has forwarded us the fol- 

 lowing query from you, namely: "If a dry 

 plate be exposed, how long will it remain 

 good?" In reply would say that the time 

 elapsing between exposure before develop- 

 ment can be almost unlimited. We have had 

 instances brought to our attention where 5 

 years have elapsed. Of course it is advisable 

 to develop as soon as you conveniently can 

 after exposure, within 6 months or a year 

 at most. 



Carbutt Dry Plate and Film Co. 



To use acetylene in a dark room, put a 

 bicycle lamp outside the room and us? 

 rough, cathedral orange glass. The bicycle 

 lamp will do business in rain, snow or fair 

 weather and is built for outdoors. They 

 now sell at only $1.20 each. For fuel use 

 calcium carbide, which costs 25 cents for 

 a 2 pound can. — The Photo-American. 



A peculiar flesh tone on p. 0. p. may be 

 had by dabbing hypo on the face and hands 

 of the person on the print, then washing 

 and toning as usual. — The Photo-American. 



"Twinkle, twinkle, little star. 

 How I wonder what you are !" 

 "I'm a window 'way up high, 

 In a scraper of the sky." 



— Exchange. 



We cannot do without Recreation and 

 always look with pleasure for its coming. 

 W. G. Warren, Big Viney, Wyo. 



Recreation gets better every month. 

 E. T. Blossom, Otego, Mich. 



