. The American annual of photography. ALPLANE SHUTTER AND ITS AGGRESSORS By A. L. GAREIS N past issues of several of our periodicals andphotographic textbooks the results obtainedwith the focalplane shutter have been attacked,the shutter itself condemned and the diaphragmshutter mounted upon vest pocket cameras de-clared to be the instrument for the modern amateur. Afterhaving read so much aggressive literature I could not refrainfrom writing a few words in defense of my old friend, thefocalplane shutter, mounted upon cameras of medium size,viz.: 54 plate, 9x12 cm, 4x5, etc. It is quite eviden
. The American annual of photography. ALPLANE SHUTTER AND ITS AGGRESSORS By A. L. GAREIS N past issues of several of our periodicals andphotographic textbooks the results obtainedwith the focalplane shutter have been attacked,the shutter itself condemned and the diaphragmshutter mounted upon vest pocket cameras de-clared to be the instrument for the modern amateur. Afterhaving read so much aggressive literature I could not refrainfrom writing a few words in defense of my old friend, thefocalplane shutter, mounted upon cameras of medium size,viz.: 54 plate, 9x12 cm, 4x5, etc. It is quite evident that most of the articles containing noth-ing but contempt for the focalplane shutter emanated from thepen of two classes of photographers: First, amateurs who useda cheap, unreliable instrument; second, those not knowing howto use a good instrument. For fear to be misunderstood I want to state that I do notcondemn the vest pocket camera which is just as valuable insome respects as its larger brothers, neither do I deny that an 162.
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