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Mrs. Waters kindly brought an Adams' Videx camera for exhibition. 

 The advantages and disadvantages of the new type of camera were 

 clearly explained, especial stress being laid upon the aid to pictorial 

 composition obtained by the full-sized picture as seen by the mirror 

 of the reflex, also the facility by which times of exposure could be 

 correctly estimated from the appearance of the image. The import- 

 ance of the focal-plane shutter, with which all reflex cameras are 

 fitted, was also pointed out, as reducing the time of exposure to one- 

 fourth of the normal, enabling snap-shots to be taken in very poor 

 light. 



p . , . . The only special photographic excursion arranged 

 Excurskms ^ during the summer was held on May 12th, when 

 the Chairman conducted a small party to Studland 

 to photograph the well-known Norman Church and picturesque bits 

 in the village. As so many of the general and sectional excursions 

 were to places of interest to photographers, it was not considered 

 necessary to arrange other separate excursions, members having 

 cameras attending most of the field meetings. The most important 

 excursion to photographers was the visit to Twynham Priory of the 

 Archaeological Section — (page 45) — on June 23rd, when the oppor- 

 tunity was given — and taken advantage of by several members of 

 the section — of photographing interesting portions of the Minster 

 and the adjacent buildings which are not usually accessible to the 

 public. 



Some 20 members have joined in providing photo- 

 The Portfolio, graphs and circulating the portfolio under the 



management of Mr. Banks, Egerton, Portchester 

 Road, who will be glad to receive names of others who may wish to 

 join. There is a section for scientific prints, as distinguished from 

 pictorial. The portfolio takes about two months to complete each 

 round, so that six pictures a year is the minimum expected from 

 each member. 



Chairman: Hubert Painter, Esq., B.Sc, F.C.S. 



The activities of this section during the Society's year, 1908-9, 

 were represented by two meetings at the Society's rooms, an 

 excursion, and an astronomical evening at the residence of Colonel 

 Markwick, C.B., F.R.A.S. 



The first meeting took place on December 19th, at 

 tt c?f- r °« h tne °ld committee rooms at 122, Old Christchurch 

 1 ru - ^ Road. After a few remarks on the derivation of 

 the Chairman. th{J WQrd « s ;ij ca> » an( j t h e sense in which it is used, 



a brief sketch was given ol the history of the subject. A specimen 



