The advance of photography : its history and modern applications (1911)

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140 THE ADVANCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY signed for work in the tropics, and in many instances it is found advisable to construct these of teak. All stand cameras are provided with a ground glass focussing screen. If the camera is of the |-plate size, it is a good plan to draw in pencil on this screen the size of a picture post card and J plate, so that there can be no doubt whether the whole of any view will be included Fig. 55. in a picture. Of course, the dark slides can be easily adapted so as to be used with either \ or \ plates as desired. The accompanying illustration shows a camera (the "Sanderson") in which many of the points mentioned are embodied. The following diagram illustrates the way in which by means of the Sanderson patent swing front the necessity for tilting the camera has been overcome. By this means