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DUBLIN • Continued from Page 16 cathedral of the Church of Ireland. This church also faces a narrow street, but it is possible to shoot it from up along Patrick Street or from the little park adjoining it. Inside are beautiful stained glass windows and photographs are permitted except, of course, during services. Incidentally, you may stop and eat anytime you like. In this neighborhood lunch will cost you about 4 shillings (56c) per person. Leaving St. Patrick's return by the way of Patrick Street to High Street and turn left for a short walk to St. Audeon's Church, just off Cornmarket Street. St. Audeon's is the oldest parish church in Dublin and contains 3 bells, cast in 1423, that are the oldest in Ireland. At the left of the church is St. Audeon's Arch, the only surviving gate to the ancient walled city. As with many other tourist attractions throughout the city, a small admission fee is charged. The next stop in your itinerary is not as photographic as it is interesting Guinness's Brewery, one of the largest in Europe, is just a few blocks West on Thomas Street, which becomes James Street. The number 21 bus will take you there, but you must arrive before 3 p. m. as this is the time of the last tour through the Brewery. Tours are conducted every hour from 11 a. m. to 3 p. m. daily, except Saturday then only at 11 a. m. The tour ends in the sampling rooms. The brewery tour ends your first day — a lot of walking and a lot of looking and (depending on that unpredictable weather) a lot of good shooting. The number 21 bus takes you back to College Green and the 6, 7a, 8, 9, 10, or 11 bus will take you up O'Connell Street. If you were in time for the 3 p. m. trip through the brewery, your bus should have you back on O'Connell Street by 5 p. m. — just in time for high tea. Get off the bus at the North end of O'Connell Bridge and walk up O'Connel Street about 50 yards to the "Green Booster". This is an interesting little cafe, moderate in price and inside, on the lower level, it is furnished like the interior of a train. Try their pastries. Dublin offers the usual in entertainment, cinemas, theatres, ballrooms and some interesting pubs. Various public and private functions will provide many opportunities for your evening's pleasure. Your second morning begins again from O'Connell Street, not quite so early as before. While walking South on O'Connell Street note the General Post Office on the Southwest corner of Henry Street. Here is the scene of much of Ireland's recent turbulent history. The General Post Office was the • See Next Page NO TRIPOD • Continued from Page 14 the camera finder is at eye level. Wherever you are without a tripod it really pays to look for a camera rest. Try sitting or squatting and use a knee rest as in Fig. 6, if nothing else is handy. On a "rock climb", hike, camping trip, etc., where you may have a lot of stuff to lug around, a tripod can be very much of a nuisance. Much better than a "rope pull", is one made from light chain as in Fig. 7 and 8. Wire one end of the chain thru a drilled hole in a thumb bolt to fit the camera socket and wire the lower end into a loop for your foot to slip thru. Exert pressure upward while filming. It really works and the chain can be just bunched up and dropped in a pocket without tangling like a cord would. Beady for use it flops out straight and you just "step on it". This is my favorite and is always in the gadget bag. Good for all around use and easy to slip in a gadget bag too is the neckpod. Fig. 9. You can even make one from a !/2-mch dowel, strap, a bolt and a small tilt-top. Bird and animal filming (whether by remote control or telephoto) really needs a tripod, but many of the foregoing sugestions are sometimes practical. If your camera has it, use slower speeds to smoothen out camera jittering. Combine this with the chain pull and you really have an excellent tripod substitute when you have to film in a hurry. For bird filming around home (or other high angle work) a ladder with a bored hole in the top step to hold a bolt into the panhead works very well. Fig. 10. A little tabletop gadget easy to make from a pipe flange, is a 2 or 3-inch pipe, and a cap with a short bolt turned down from inside thru a drilled and tapped hole. It can be mounted on • See TRIPOD on Page 36 19