PHOTOGRAPHER'S WEEKLY Where To Find It A Department for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING and number, including name and address. If replies are to come to this office add 10c extra for each insertion, i. e., for a one-time ad 10c, for a three-time ad 30c, etc. Remittance must accompany every order. Tuesday are published in the issue dated 11 days later; for example, arriving here Monday the 10th, published Friday, the 21st, etc. Caution: Send no articles on approval except C. O. D. or after careful investigation. We do not accept responsibility in cases of second-hand apparatus, lenses, etc. FOR SALE-Bargain, 34x5% Conley with F.7.7 Anastigmat lens. Three holders film pack adapter; Tank Metal Tripod Filter $20.00. Good as new. Address Walter Ogden, Wallingford, Ky. 6-21-1 REAL NECESSITIES FOR THE AMATEUR Inexpensive accessories that will help you get more pleasure from your camera Permatex Transparent Water Colors For Amateur and Professional Colorists FREE-Ask your dealer for a free copy of the Permatex Handbook on photo and lantern slide coloring, or write us. Constant A. Benoit, Brooklyn, N. Y. STEADMAN'S AABAMETER AND UNIT PHOTOGRAPHY For a subject of unit brightness the exposure is known in advance for each stop in the lens. Aabameter you find that the subject measures two actinos If, with the give half the time; if 8 actinos, 4th the time, etc. Just the simplest common sense reasoning. Have your dealer get it from G. GENNERT, 26 East 13th St., New York. Loaded, $1.00: The Book-Unit Photography. $2.00. THEM "NIAGRINE” A Fine Jet Black India Ink used and recommended by thousands of the best Artists, draughtsmen and writers. Stamp brings free working sample and full particulars. One-half oz. bottle, 16c; 2 os., 80c. prepaid. If your dealer does not carry it, write to CHAS. HAEUSSER 20 Lawn St. Albany, N. Y. Without entering a Darkroom you can develop your plates and films, fill your tanks, and plateholders, in a Benko Portable and Collapsible Dark Chamber. Price list mailed on request. Benko Bros., 117 E. 15th St., New York City AMEX EXPOSURE CHART Letters and figures large and easy to read. No factors to A. D. SHILAND 10809 Tacoma Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. PAGE 524 PHOTOGRAPHER'S WEEKLY CENTRAL PLATES & for STUDIO PORTRAITURE COMMERCIAL WORK NON-HALATION RESULTS LANTERN SLIDE WORK Standardized Plates for Discriminating Workers T HE GOERZ MANUFOC and GOERZ with the famous GOERZ DAGOR F:6.8 C. P. GOERZ COMPANY 317-L East 34th St., New York City FARE $403 DAILY BETWEEN CLEVELAND & THE AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER'S WEEKLY DESIGNED TO CREATE AND FOSTER A DESIRE FOR PICTURE MAKING WITH THE CAMERA WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED "PHOTOISMS" AND "THE PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER" "Entered as second-class matter August 22, 1912, at the Post Office at Cleveland, O., under the act of March 3, 1879." ABOUT CAMERA CLUBS A ARTHUR H. FARROW FEW weeks ago, Mr. Intensifier in a timely discourse compared the camera clubs of this country with those of England. Having had considerable experience with both, I can testify that the statements made by him are unfortunately too true. It is only necessary to read Ariel's "Among the Societies" page in our English contemporary to realize that in spite of war conditions--much more acute on the other side than here--most of the English camera clubs are still "carrying on" energetically and enthusiastically and doing good work notwithstanding the many restrictions that have been put upon the use of cameras. I wish it were possible to say the same thing about the clubs of this country. Compared with England, we have far too few camera clubs. It is not easy to explain why this should be so. If it wasn't for the fact that everybody seems to own a camera nowadays, one would think that interest in photography was declining. Not so very long ago there was a camera club in nearly every community. Numbers of these clubs have now ceased to exist and those that are still carrying on are for the greater part to be found in the larger cities. Even in these larger cities, amateur photographers, through lack of interest or indifference, have allowed their camera clubs to become affected with "dry rot" and many of them seem to be only just existing. I can, however, call attention to one note-worthy exception-the Newark Camera Club. The members of this club are striving strenuously to make it one of the best clubs in the country and have recently moved to larger quarters where they now have three times the Keep the boys alive to repel another Western Drive-buy Thrift Stamps. No. 314 floor space that they had in their old clubrooms. Special attention has been paid to the equipment and here an amateur will find about everything he could possibly desire. A campaign to obtain additional members is meeting with some success, but even the modest number aimed at has not yet been secured. Doesn't it seem almost unbelievable that in a city of close on 500,000 people, there are only about one hundred amateur photographers who are sufficiently interested in their hobby to realize the advantages of membership in a good camera club? It cannot be because of the cost; the dues are merely nominal--less than a quarter per week. The draft has taken only a trifling small percentage of the members. We do not usually take photography seriously enough to realize the benefits to be derived from membership in a camera club until we have passed the draft age. There are of course some exceptions to this-and I am only too glad to give credit to the excellent work being done by some of the younger members. Photography is doing a great part towards winning the war and Uncle Sam is calling for many skilled photographers. Where can a man receive a better training for this work than in a live camera club? This alone should be sufficient incentive for our camera clubs to carry on even more energetically than before. The camera club, because of the many opportunities it offers, has come to be regarded as an important institution for the promulgation of a modern, useful and most beautiful art. It should receive an enthusiastic and whole THE COVER PICTURE THIS WEEK "Going Some" By George Cook Data: 1/500th, F 6.8, September, evidently with a Graflex; puro, tank; Cyko, Honorable Commend. PAGE 526 hearted support from the large army of camera users. There is no better place to learn how to get out of the "push-the-button" class and how to make pictures that are really worth while. THE DARK-ROOM In constructing a dark-room, two important features are often overlooked-ventilation and cleanliness. Select a room that may be easily ventilated when in use, and when possible, opened to direct daylight when unoccupied. Install only enough shelf room for your immediate use when developing, otherwise your dark-room is liable to degenerate into a catch-all for miscellaneous odds and ends. Provide a box in one corner for waste paper, plates, etc., and make a practice of emptying it each time when through using the room. Wipe off the shelves and floor frequently with a damp cloth, as many failures can be traced to crystals from evaporated solutions floating in the air. If you use Pyro, keep the cover on the container, as Pyro (except Crystal Pyro) is exceedingly light and very prone to float away in the air and finally land where least wanted. Be especially careful to wipe up any fixing bath that may drip on the shelves or floor, as THIS WEEK'S QUESTION We will give $1.00 in materials for the best answer sent in to this question within two weeks from date of issue. Answer will be published in earliest issue after contest closes. Address all replies to Question Editor. THIS WEEK'S QUESTION No. 229 How is a paper negative made, and is it of any advantage? LAST WEEK'S QUESTION NO. 228 What do you consider the best type of camera for the fisherman, and why? PHOTOGRAPHER'S WEEKLY walking across the floor will cause the hypo crystals to rise and settle in your developer or on drying plates. A sink with running water is a great convenience, but not absolutely necessary for the needs of the average amateur, as sufficient water may be carried into the dark-room, and the waste water emptied into a large pail provided for such purpose. FIRST AID The other day an attractive young girl about to start on her vacation came to us with some questions about the use of her camera. She belongs distinctly to the novice class--the kind that has only a vague idea what is meant by the markings on the shutter. She complained that she did not get very good results, and wanted to know what was the matter. Upon questioning, she appeared characteristically ignorant of the machine she was trying to use. "Have you read the instruction book?" we asked her. Well, no, she had not. She remembered that there was an instruction book, but she did not know what had become of it. There is a lesson for you. If you also are a novice, take it well to heart. To the beginner in photography, the manual or instruction book that comes with his camera is first aid to the injured. Read it thoroughly until you understand it, and until you understand the workings of your camera. The people who don't read the instruction book are the people who find photography expensive--and fruitless. Be as intelligent about this as you would about the making of a cake. IN FLANDERS FIELDS That mark our place, and in the sky We are the dead; short days ago In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe! -Lieut. Col. John McCrae. |