PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

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PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

.= ADDRESS BY MR F. L. BPWRRH . Mr F, L. Bowron gave a talk tfeja week to junior members of the (Christchurch Photographic Society on

the enlarging of photographs ter exhibition and other purposes, Mr F. hj. Gashoit presided, . • Mr Bowron traced the history of the camera from the time when photographers carried with them very large plate cameras with heavy equipment - to the present time, when a negative 5 34 inches by 24 inches is regarded as i large. The advent of the roll film and

the pocket camera, and more recently of the miniature camera. could be largely attributed to laziness and the unjyyiiflgpsse of photographers to iPad themselves with heavy gear, Mr Bowron said. With the large-sized cameras it had not been necessary to do a great deal of enlarging; but the miniature cameras now in use demanded enlargers of very good quality to make

suitable pictures for exhibiting or far 9ther uses. the use of printing devices such as etching and ether screens was discussed by Mr Bowron, who gave sojpe good advice about the elimination of grain and the use of coarse screens to give a deliberately grained effect.