The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
WITH CAMERA AND TRIPOD
Outing Trips on Land and Sea
to Take Place This
Week.
A CYCLING ANNEX ORGANIZED
A Record of Happenings in Local
Amateur Photographic
Circles.

There is an awakening in local amateur
Photographic circles foreshadowing the
lively interest which will be taken in pho
tographic art this coming summer. At a
meeting called for the purpose on April
Is there was organized a cycling annex to
the California Camera Club, to be known
as the Camera Club Cyclists. Membership
will be confined to the active associate
and subscribing members of the California
Camera Club.
The first meeting of the new organiza-
ton will be held at.the clubrooms, Thurs
day evening, May q The initial run" of
the club is called for next Sunday, the 18th
inst, to Haywards from Fruitvale. Among
those who have caught the prevailing
cycling craze are many lady photogra-
piers. For the benefit of these it is con-
siderately announced that "a slow pace
will be set and maintained throughout the
entire run" Lunch will be partaken of
at Haywards. The SUGGESTIONS made that
only hand cameras be used on this, the
first outing of the club cyclists. The ar
engagements for the excursion are in the
hands of ]. J. B. Argent, captain; w. E..
GoOdrum, first lieutenant, and Harry b.
Hosmer, second lieutenant.
There is yet another jolly time in store
for the Camera Club boys, in which their
friends of either sex who may be nom
members will be allowed to participate.
Captain Leale of the tug Caroline, an old
friend of theirs, has extended an invita-
ton to them for next Saturday to cruise
round the bay. The steamer will leave
Jackson-street wharf at 1915 A. NJ. and will
return about P. NJ. A dark room will be
fitted up on the boat for the purposes of
plate and film changing. Lunch will be
eaten on board, and as there is large
feet of ships on the bay at present some
good pictures will undoubtedly be secured.
Marine scenery possesses great attractions
for the amateur. The light is quick-al-
most too quick in fact-and not easily
controlled. Slow plates, combined with
rapid shutters and small stops, are necessi-
ties.
A new process paper has made its APP
pearance in the city, and is being largely
used by amateurs. 1t has a matt surface
worked for the warm colors admired by
some. Pure whites are mentioned as a
good feature of the new paper.
Miss Green is mainly devoting her atten-
ton to interiors and flashlights, both diff
cult branches of the art to pursue success
fully. Those who have seen her work
however, say it is we'll worthy of exhibit
ton.
Harry B. Hosmer is experimenting with
the Thornton-Picard focal-plane shutter,
much to the surprise of his friends, who
are acquainted with his prejudice for
things English. He says, however, that
for certain classes of work other shutters
are mot in it." The arrangement is what
Is known as "blind'' one, and Edgar
Packard, the inventor of the apparatus, re-
Gently exhibited at London Photographic
society negatives taken at speed of 1880
of second, timed by electricity. AS Mr.
Hosmer is one of the crack photographers
of the United States, good results should
follow his use of the instrument, which he
has attached to an 8x10 box.
William S. Hochstadter is continuing
with portrait work, of which he is an
ardent student. He proposes to expert
ment upon celerite paper, which gives
brown, black and sepia tones. He will re-
port results later.
H. 7. Hemming is having q box made
under the superintendent of H. B. Hos
mer. The great feature Of the production
will be that the lens will be made to do
double duty. 1t will be made to focus and
to act as finder. Up to the present this
has been done by the somewhat clumsy
principle of a double camera, with two
lenses of identical focus. 1t is a fact well
known in optics that these are very diff
cult to obtain, and the new camera will,
therefore, be hailed with interest, as it
Utilities the reflector" idea.