THE CAMERA BOOK.

Lake County Press, Issue 2114, 19 April 1906, Page 7

THE CAMERA BOOK.

— j. — The ■ Photographic Book," invented b.\ M. Leon Block, of Paris, is ime oi i hose itppa iai us ill w bicb an endeavour is made t ( > conceal Ihe camera by making the outside resemble some other well-known object—in this rase a book. U hen 11 is desired in t ttke a photograph, ihe hack of tbe book conluinimr ihe lenses is turned towards the person to be photographed, while the operator opens the hook at the first page, and while apparently reading, has under his eye the ground glass of the finder, and at the side a waterlevel to show whether the apparatus is hori/ont a I or not . The linder is provided with a prism so arranged that the operator, while apparently looking in front of bint, can actually see upon the ground glass an image of the objects situated at. the side. The apparatus is stereoscopic, and gives images 'Jin. I>.\ I .Jin. upon plates measuring 1 in. by I tin., which are contained in small metallic plate holders. the number of which is limited only by the capacity of the operator's pocket. The plate holder is slid into one of two grooves formed in the edge of the hook, and it is by the selection of one or other tt\ these groves that I (he focussing is done. The one I further away from the lens serves j for objects situated beyond such a j distance. I The catch of the shutter is within easy reach of the fingers while holding the book, and is so well concealed that the book loses nothing of its harmless aspect.