Evening star., 1943-01-05


it were Frank Buck and 1 a grocery
store tabby.
When I unwrapped the camera I
was very pleased. I'll admit it. A
man couldn't help be. It's a pretty
little thing, all trimmed in chro-
MUM and stainless steel, and wear
ing handsome leather kimono.
| Too. had read enough advertise
ments to know that it was of a good
make and that the man who sent
1t to me hadn't bought it at a bar
gain basement counter.
| If I had been smart enough 10
| put the camera away in moth balls
/ as soon as I had finished admiring
it, everything would have been all
/ right. But I wasn't. With a view
to showing it off, I called a friend
who is an ardent amateur photog-
/ rapher (Which is nice way of CALL
/ ing fellow a mental case) and
asked him to drop in and take
look at it. He did. and that is when
/ my troubles started
What kind of lens has it." he
asked.
Glass, I suppose" I answered.
NO, no, that's not what I mean"
he said. Let me have a look at it."
He didn't like the lens.
"A 4X5, huh! You won't get much
with that, brother. What you need
is ks, or at least 2x5. It'll cost
/ you little dough, but It's worth it,"
Farewell to Dough.
BY the time he finished telling
/ me what I needed for that camera.
I could see that from now on all
my money will have to go toward
/ correcting its deficiencies. Gone is
my hope Of saving for vine covered
I nest for Molly and me. Gone is the
hope of the little annuity that Will
enable me to visit Savannah, Peoria,
Butte and Yellowstone Park on an
all-expense tour. Gone is the hope
of sending my nephews through
Harvard and the Stork Club.
My nose is to the grindstone for
camera.
My friend told me I must have
a light meter. This, he explained,
is gadget that you look through,
into, or at, and it tells YOU what the
sun is doing and enables you to get
a correct exposure.
And you must have flash gun"
my friend said. IF you don't. how
in the world do you ever expect to
take pictures indoors? And for
heavens sake. buy yourself por-
trait attachment. That will enable
you to make close and get some
really fine shots of your friends"
BY this time l was looking at nv
camera and wondering what in the
devil had on my hands. Appar-
emily all had was little box that.
unless all fixed up wasn't good for
| anything but throwing at cats on
the back fence.
Then he told me I had to have a.
range finder, whatever that is.
by the way" my friend asked.
what sort of paper do you plan
10 use?"
told him I hadn't thought about
that.
Completely Browbeaten.
Well, it seems I was a fool for
not thinking about it. There are
all sorts Of paper and film. He
suggested super something-or-other.
but only If I had filter attachment,
"A what attachment?"
"A filter" he answered eft cor-
rects color values. You can't take
a cloud, say, without a filter"
didn't say so, l was SO brow
beaten by now, but never planned
10 take cloud. I Just wanted tn
take some pictures of friends and
relatives, and their color doesn't
have to be corrected.
Where is the tripod for YOUR
camera?" he asked.
Haven't got one" said,
What a Setup!" He started
laughing. Go get yourself tripod
II you want any decent pictures, and
you'll need a telephoto lens too"
Hand me my Brownie No. 2 bov
and ask the fellow on the right In
move over just a little.
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