The American annual of photography . POLYGONUM. NATHAN R. GRAVES. V THE ORTHOCHROMATIC PLATE INLANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY By G. T. HARRIS, F any justification is needed for the subject of thisarticle it may be found in the recent utterance ofa well-known photographic worker before theRoyal Photographic Society of Great Britain,wherein was stated his decided preference forordinary plates (as opposed to orthochromatic plates) forlandscape work. Now, it goes without saying that every one isfully entitled to the result of his own cogitations as far as theyeffect his individual preferences, bu
The American annual of photography . POLYGONUM. NATHAN R. GRAVES. V THE ORTHOCHROMATIC PLATE INLANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY By G. T. HARRIS, F any justification is needed for the subject of thisarticle it may be found in the recent utterance ofa well-known photographic worker before theRoyal Photographic Society of Great Britain,wherein was stated his decided preference forordinary plates (as opposed to orthochromatic plates) forlandscape work. Now, it goes without saying that every one isfully entitled to the result of his own cogitations as far as theyeffect his individual preferences, but it may happen that someinexperienced worker seeking information will accept as an au-thoritative statement what was merely an expression of personalpreference. The struggle of the orthochromatic plates for posi-tion has in times past been a very strenuous one, and I am notsure that even now, when they are so universally used, thattheir use is the result of a clear recognition of their qualitiesand advantages. From my own observation I am convincedthat a very small proportion of the users of orthochromaticplates could defend on technica
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