The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-04
THE TRIBUNE'S
KING POGO"

of the camera is arranged to slide up
close to the front for use with wide
angle lenses, therefore there is no pro-
iectinE bed to cut Off the angle of
view. The camera box is square, the
back being reversible, so that when
the view is wanted either horizontally
or vertically, the change can be effect
cd by simply reversing the back, In
stead of the entire camera. 1t is fitted
with high-g Rochester symmetri-
cal lens. The Unicum shutter with
Iris diaphragm. hand and pneumatic
release bulb and hose attachment, is
the regular shutter supplied. The value
of this special reward is $40. 1t Will
be given to the contestant who stands
ninth in the Educational Contest on
September 29 at 9 o'clock p. M,
unless some contestant farther up the
list should select it IN preference to
a more expensive reward. This beau
tirul little camera can be inspected
at the store of the Griffin Art Co.,
209 Wyoming avenue.
What Telescope Photography Is.
Ever since the advent OF the hand
cameras made the amateur photogra-
pher a possibility, this same anna
teur has bewailed the great quantity
of picture which h has obtained on
his plate. 1t was eNasperating to
make a snapshot of, say, horse trot-
ting, and find that the horse which
was within twenty yards of him is
less than an inch in height in the
photograph.
This question, which troubles the
amateur, has also troubled the more
advanced worker, ana he has long
been trying to obtain the power to
select and enlarge a choice hit of some
distant view to the exclusion of other
and surrounding matter. In a tenta-
tive and experimental way, this has
been done for years, but very little
practical work was done on these
lines until the tele-photo lense, as we
know it today, was invented. Perhaps
no one application of tele-photography
is more widely appreciated than it's
use in connection with mountain
scenery. Now, wherever the photo
grapher visits the mountains, he can,
from whatever point Of view is most
favorable, render the distant peak as
he sees it. In the past his picture
has been a mere map of half the coun-
try side.
Distant Details Made Plain.
In the days when men wrought to
fashion each minute part with care,
there was hidden in obscure inches
and friezes much exquisite work in
architecture, which is quite inaccessi-
BILE to the ordinary camera, or even
4 AZ M.
lens will unerringly render the detail
of pinnacle or window or gargoyle
better than had an artist ascended to
the spot.
An interesting possibility in tele-
photography is its use in war. In
deed, it would seem that the nations
are alive to this fact, for the usual
tourist who inCurs the displeasure of
European dynasties by photopraphng
near Notifications was this year ar
rested in Italy, more than eight miles
from the fortress against which he
was supposed to have designs.
Those who, a few years ago, pro-
phesied that the hand cameras would
become a universal factor We're re-
garded as Missionaries. But the use of
the hand camera is today more COM
mon than the greatest oplimist looked
for.
Mountain Peaks Are Brought Close
to the Camera.
The fundamental principle OF the
tele-photO lens lies in the proper use
of what is known as negative or con-
cave lens. It is, indeed, reverting to
the beginning of things. Galileos first
crude telescope was composed of a
lens to collect and focus the rays OF
light and another lens to disperse OF
enlarge them; and in this combina-
ton of the two lenses we have the
fundamental principle of the tele-
photo lense. Inaccessible mountain
peaks can be shown to us as they APP
pear close at hand, dominating the
land and cleaving the sky-not as
points thousands of feet distant.
America is the country of VaStneSs
There is fitness in her Niagara, her
Yosemite; not less than in her tower
ing buildings of New York and chi
cago and many other cities. The ply
steal massivcncss of her treasures
have been all unrecordod i'm the past
The puny camera with its wide range
was incapable of selecting one great
object and depicting it in solitary
strength. But with the tele-photC
lens we may look for more worthy
records and the contestant in The
Tribune's Educational Contest who
selects this reward will have a most
valuable and remarkable instrument
and one from which nay be derived
much pleasure and profit.