The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-14
A NEW IDEA
In Photography The Telescope
Lens and its Effect.
DISTANT OBJECTS PHOTOGRAPHED
Acknowledgements in Battle, Sink.
ing Ships aad Mountain Peaks All
May bo PIetured-Yacht Races May
be Photographed from tho Shore
and With Better Results than For.
merIy.

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New York Pres,, will hereafter be very
much chagrined to know that be cannot
help himself. The camera ficnd ia now
able to "take him" whether he will OF
no. Furthermore, the camera Aend
can do it under conditions which will
not allow Of any personal chastisement
on the part o. the man. Late develop
ments in photography enable pictures
Of objects to be taken, though the came
"a may be dozens OF miles away. 1t ID
done by means OF the telescope lens,
which will make a recognizable picture
OF person on hotel porch at a distance
Of half a mile or more. Given half
mile start there might be- come trouble
in catching a camera iend who had
taken your picture, even though he
were loaded down with an outfit.
A vessel might founder of u rocky
coast. Under ordinary circumstances
an occasional rocket and a dim outline
would be all that could be seen. She
would 60 to the bottom, perhaps, and
her name and destination, much less
her passengers. remain unknown. A
photograph Of her taken with the tele-
scopic lens, on the other hand, shows
her name, size, condition, and even her
passengers faces.
Again, in time OF war the principle
could be used to discover the enemy's
position. 1t is recorded that when the
British occupied Manhattan island dur
ing the revolution, Washington came
down from Dobbs Ferry and stood on
the palisades, from whence he could dis
Germ, by means Of a glass, the fact that
the enemy were camped at Fort George
and that he could see 100 tents." Per-
haps the fortunes OF war would have
changed had he seen more. The tole-
scopic lens would have enabled him 10
proceed on q surer basis, at any rate.
Mr.. E. l.. Wilson, editor Of Wilson's
Photographic Magazine, says regarding
long.distance photography:
One very latest feat in long.distance
photographing was the taking of Mount
Washington. 1t was successfully aC-
complished last week. The latest
European feat was the taking OF Mont
Blanc. The possibilities that lie in
long-distance photographing are enor-
mous. 1t will add wonderfully to our
store OF knowledge concerning forth.
coming scenic events. Think of getting
an absolute picture or series Of pictures
OF great battle scene. Every incident
OF the fight could be shown. The pho
tographic artist could DO o mile away,
yet he would DO able to capture the
very expressions on the faces OF the
men engaged in action. lie could also
develop the scenic or panoramic view
aud thus obtain an accurate picture
from both points OF view. A series OF
such photographs might materially
alter the historical rendering OF tho
fight. There could DO no subsequent
disputes regarding the positions Of va
rious battalions.
The great yacht races which have
been sailed in tho series OF contests be-
tween this country and England could
BIO accurately pictured in photographs
taken from a shore perhaps far down on
tho horizon. Now the photographer
has to go of in boHt and take his
views from slippery, unsteady dock.
Anything within range OF the eye eau
be taken by means Of the Photographic
lens, but it goes further than the eye
and carries out the details OF the scene.
Gazing with the naked eye at land.
scaPe everything appears hazy and the
ordinary camera would depict 1t in just
that way. But now the telescopic pho
tographer may stand several miles from
a church and take o picture 80 clear
that We are able to distinguish the time
on its clock face. Moreover, the new
arrangement embraces a view OF the
church and but little OF its surround.
ings. Tho intervening distance can be
all done away with if necessary.
The taking OF pictures Of objects
which are some distance away is &C.
complishcd by means OF an extra at
tachment which can DO placed on any
camera. In photographing distant OBJ.
ecls the pictures produced by an ordin.
arv lens and camera arc generally toe
small. II to remedy this defect lens
OF long focus is chosen it requires @
camera with correspondinglY long ex.
tension OF bellows. which is generally
very cumbersome. Tho telo lens, as the
new attachment is called, does away
with the long focus lens, as we'll as the
cumbersome camera. By simply screw'
ing this attachment to the camera you
can without changing your point OIL
Wow and with your ordinary camera
obtain very much enlarged picture oil
the distant object.
"The possibilities of the lens are
enormous. The arrangement itself is
not new. but the practical tests to
which it has been put have been more
radical lately than heretofore. Mount
Washington, for instance, has often
been photographed, but now, with the
attachment, much better picture has
been secured, hear. Two pictures oil
the Church OF Our Lady in Munich were
secured. Tho first, with the ordinary
camera a long distance from the church,
presented long prospective distance,
all the intermediate ground showing
and tho church itself looming up indis.
tinct and unsatisfactory. Without
moving tho camera the new attach
ment was fitted to it. The resulting
picture looked as though it had been
taken a few hundred yards from the
church, and YOU could actually discern
the details Of the Arabian style OF ar