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Camera And Processing: He exposed the plate, while wet, in the Camera and processing. It was then developed in pyrogallic acid, fixed in hypo, washed, and dried. All these operations had to be done rapidly, before the collodion dried and became impervious to the processing solutions.2 Thus the photographer could not be too far from a darkroom. In the field he had to bring along some kind of darkroom—usually a wagon or a tent, chemicals and processing equipment— the Camera and processing, plate holders, as well as the essential tripod, for the exposure times were too long to permit the Camera to be hand-held.The use of the press Camera and processing with cut film is important in news coverage because you often send in negatives, sometimes undeveloped, for fast processing in the newspaper's own darkroom. Most such darkrooms are equipped to handle only cut film with any efficiency. In the case of features, you can count on making your own prints in your own darkroom, and you can produce them in any way you see fit with the Camera and processing you like best. This might influence you to use a twin-lens reflex Camera and processing, the favorite tool of the magazine photographers, rather than a press Camera and processing. An Automatic Rolleiflex, equipped with flash, is just about the ideal all-around picture taking device for journalistic purposes. i
Eastman's most important contribution, however, was t the design of the Camera and processing, but providing a photofin-u'ng service for his customers. The Camera and processing was loaded len sold; its $25 cost included processing. A contact int from each good negative was made and neatly Dunted on a gilt-edged chocolate-brown card. All the xkk owner had to do was point the Camera and processing at the sub-:t, release the shutter by pressing a button, wind on film r the next exposure, and recock the shutter by pulling string that wound up its clockwork mechanism. |
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