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very low ones between the objective and the sUp, as too much stray hght passes into 

 the apparatus if used in the former position. 



The great objection to the shutter inside the camera is that it often shakes it 

 during the release, which of course spoils the negative. But we are aware, in saying 

 this, that some new forms of shutter are now made — since, indeed, we tried the 

 plan— which are reputed to give no shake at all, in which case, of course, our objection 

 falls to the ground. The best we have heard of although we have not had personal 

 experience in its use, is that sold by Watson & Sons, and called by them their 

 " inside shutter." 



