Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
PIFFLE IN PHOTOGRAPHY

1 am always on the lookout, as may
we'll be imagined, for anything striking
ly novel in the Photographic world, and
have noticed one or two things lately
that are SO labeled. The fact that they
are about as old as toothache or the
hump does not count, says a writer in
Photography.
First there is the wonderful news. all
freshly dished up, of that deadly
mummy case in the British museum. |
have already written twice about 1t,
and anyone who fancies CHANGING his
luck by examining it will find 1t in the
corner reached by turning sharp to the
left on entering the last of the Egypt
ian rooms. BY its side Is the famous
photograph of it. You will remember
that the photographer, or his aunt or
his cat, or somebody or something,
died afterwards. This shows the rash
folly of photographing anything. No
one can dispute the statement that
large numbers of people who have
taken photographs have subsequently
expired. We cannot be. too careful
Anyone who exposes plate on q
mummy case will certainly die after H.
The next novelty is the description
of some slides of mountain scenery
which were made from negatives taken
at night, 1.-The light utilized being that
of lightning flashes" This is no doubt
an excellent light to utilize, but, un-
fortunately, its supply is somewhat irI
regular and uncertain. and although
the results may be striking, the opera
tor may be struck. 1t is not stated
how many flashes of given size go
to make one exposure, but 1t seems
pretty certain that the man VINO maue
all his exposures by lightning light
would have a very meager STOCK ot
negatives. and would very likely be
cinder before he had accumulated
lecture set The gentleman who thus
understudied the defiant Ajax stated
that photographs might be obtained
of mountains fifty miles away with
nowerful lenses" l am glad to near
again of our dear old frlend tns
powerful" lens. Bless his sturdy oiu
heart! Often have l seen MIN niilns
vast space in a pawnorokers wlnooW,
his powerful glasses covered with
scratches and bubbles, and his mighty
mounts corroded with rust and green
with the verdigris of ages. He IS
really worth about fourpence, but haru-
lv looks it. And he is labeled, This
nowerful lens only 95." He might not
he able to tackle mountains at hfty
miles. but he is probably good up TO
forty-nine.
Then there is anotner great hoNoity
the cleptograph. | am sure no one
will recognize 1t under its new name,
although most readers, probably being
sufferers at times from kleptomania,
will have some inkling of its purpose;
IT is. in short, an automatic, ana az
hut human. camera fixed in the wall
for the purpose of taking photographs
Of burglars. When the burglar enters
the room, an electric wire (what 1atric mar
Ill,
r,ires sreO causes the camera to TO-
Gus itself on the marauder. Whea
the burglar has stepped well out OF OF
the field of view, another electric M of
fires off a flashlight, and portrait OF
the villain would certainly be obtained
if he had not already moved away.
Next day, when the owner of tins mar, nnd
velous apparatus misses ms Sane, tnastine dr,g
iewelry, and the electroplated toastlls
fork and German silver cruet stanu,
he develops the plate and places lne