The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21

great strides have been made
from year to year in all the
processes Of photography, nothing greater
has been accomplished in this art than
the invention of the simple little ma
chine which abolishes the Photographic
darkroom, thing ever regarded by pro-
sessionals as a necessary evil, and by
the majority CT amateurs as an evil to
be avoided, and thousands of Indianapolis
amateurs have heretofore pressed the
button" and had somebody else do the
rest"
Now amateurs are enabled to accom-
plish every step of picture making, from
pressing the button to mounting the fin
ished print, without once straining their
eyes beneath the feeble rays of ruby
lamp.
Joaquin I. Romano artist and photog-
rapher, is in Indianapolis this week dem
onstrating the workings of his simple de-
vice whereby the gloom of the darkroom
is dispelled.
1.-The wonderful development in photog-
, raphy,'' said Mr.. Romano, "has been
reached after a natural evolution. An
evolution eliminating, 1t is true, with a
stroke of ingenious simplicity that will
add thousands to the ranks of amateur
photographers.
''Since improvements in the methods of
camera manufacture have so far reduced
the cost of production as to permit really
fine instruments to be sold for few dol
lars, there was but one thing that pre-
vented the use of the kodak from becom-
ing as universal as the reading of books
the photographic darkroom. Step by
step the necessity for this supposed nee
essary evil has been abolished until it is
no longer in the slightest degree es-
sential except for the purposes Of devel-
opment. The kodak cartridge system and
the simplier printing processes have
driven it to the last ditch, but to that,
for a number of years, it has chung
tenaciously. Today the forces of neces-
sity allied with those of science have
driven 1t out.
1.-THE triumph of amateur photography
is now complete
This remarkable device, which is
developing machine, not only develops
films without darkroom, but it does it
better than when 1t is done in the dark
room. 1t widens the Photographic field.
and the amateur is enabled to get better
results than he ever obtained before.
There are many things which may be
done more perfectly by machine than by
them.
From physical standpoint this devel-
oping machine gives better results than
can be obtained by hand because it does
(, away with the possibility of foreign sub
stances in the developer settling on the
negative and making spots; 1T does away
/. with the possibility of defacing the mega
five with finger marks, and it prevents
the corners of one negative from scratch
ing the face Of another. Chemically the
advantages are boundless. In abolishing
the darkroom 1t also abolisbes the dark
room lamp. Every experienced photog-
rapher knows that In cases of prolonged
DEVELOPMENT the fog from this lamp often
hecomes serious The beginner is espe-
cialIy prone to Jogging his negatives by
examining them too close to the ruby
light. He iS unable, perhaps, to judge
inst how far development has proceeded,
and in his anxiety to stop at precisely
the right point, he holds them too fire.
cn,ently in front Of the lamp and too
close to 1t. He not only strains his eyes
and his nerves, but, alas, he often spoils
what would, but for his anxiety, have
nroyen q most excellent negative.
: "Roth the film and the developer are In
oyefant notion-the result is quick ac-
tion on the part of the developer and
brilliant snappiness In the negative that
cannot be equaled under the old condi-
tons.
art IN making the developing machine
r,1ccess. They are especially prepared for
80 with the machine, and have as a base
.aryrogallio acid, s. developer that is I'M
paoon,aIed for the latitude which it allows
IN development or for the brilliancy. Of
~ neeatives which It produces, but
,rbicb has hitherto proven unpopular for
enaateur use because of the fact that it
s+ains the fingers a disagreeable yellow.
Used in the developing machine, 1t, OF
en,,rse does not come in contact with the
fingers, ard all; objection to It is over
Come. ,,.., o,,;,,.
farhe first question regarding machine
development which comes to the mlno OF