Cameras: Cameras were now so reduced in bulk they could be held in the hand. The photographer was freed from tb need to carry a tripod wherever he went. A bewilderinj array of hand cameras appeared on the market. Some hel( several plates in a magazine, so that photographers coulc take a dozen or more exposures in rapid succession. Be cause these cameras allowed exposures to be made sur repdtiously, they were often called "detective cameras.' They were given fanciful names. Here are a few of thi more popular mass-produced hand cameras of the lati nineteenth century:
4. To avoid complications in proving "prior possession" of valuable things taken with you, it is good practice to register them with the U.S. customs before departure from America. Examples are cameras and watches of foreign manufacture, cameras being far more important, since they are more "suspicionable." |
