The American annual of photography (1892) (14597838029)

Identifier: americanannualof1892newy (find matches)
Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1892 (1890s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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the print passes through theburnisher will indicate much to an experienced operator. Albumen prints that I have burnished and shown to pho-tographers were declared by them to be aristotypes. If youwish to produce a close resemblance to the aristotype use thenew rose tint paper, and give it the high polish whichyou can do with little practice, and you will have such a closeimitation that your customers will be unable to distinguish thedifference. W. H. IL Clark. AND PHOTOGRAPHIC TIMES ALMANAC. 69 A CONVENIENT CAMERA STAND. Any one using a tripod for indoor work, especially for por-traits, will soon find what an inconvenient and awkward pieceof furniture it is. It is often impossible to set the tripod just where youought; and again, when, as is often the case, it is necessary tolower the camera, the tripod being so spread out is unsteadyand liable to fall. In an endeavor to get something better, I planned and con-structed the stand which is described in this article, as fol-lows, viz.:
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Fig. 1. Fig. 2. Fig. 3. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation. Fig. 2, the rear elevation,with the stand raised somewhat. Fig. 3, perspective view,showing the stand closed. It consists essentially of three frames, as indicated, Nos. 1,2, and 3. No. 1, A—A—C—E. No. 2, P—P—B—D.No. 3, M—M—H—N. Frame No. 2 slides vertically insideframe No. 1, being kept in place by F—F—G—Gr. Inthe one which I made they fit so closely that No. 2 remains inposition at whatever height it may be placed. Frame No. 1 is attached to frame No. 3 by two screwsS—S, as indicated at S. This permits No. 3 being folded 7^ THE AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY, on No. 1. Frame No. 1, when the stand is in use, is main-tained in a vertical position to No. 3, by a hook J, ofquarter-inch iron. Brace W is to render frame No. 2 rigid. The camera is supported by the table O, which is hingedto the top of frame No. 2, at R. The table, O, may be in-clined at various angles by shifting the position of pin U—which