With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . d get what is wantedin spite of obstacles. The illustration on the following page shows ourworking plant. We take all our photographs witha half-plate camera. The one represented in thepicture was specially built for us by Dallmeyer,and contains a pneumatically-worked silent shutterbetween the lens and the sensitised plate, in additionto a focal plane one, also worked by compressedair at the back. The adjustable miniature cameraon the top is of the same focus as that t)eneath it,a
With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . d get what is wantedin spite of obstacles. The illustration on the following page shows ourworking plant. We take all our photographs witha half-plate camera. The one represented in thepicture was specially built for us by Dallmeyer,and contains a pneumatically-worked silent shutterbetween the lens and the sensitised plate, in additionto a focal plane one, also worked by compressedair at the back. The adjustable miniature cameraon the top is of the same focus as that t)eneath it,and is extremely useful in uuiking pictiu-cs of flying-birds or restless animals. A\lien it is in use, thelarge camera is charged with a plate ready forexposure, and the photographer manipulates thefocussing screw, wliicli moves both in exact ratio OUTFIT DESCBTBED. 335 at the same time with one hand, whilst he hoklsthe air-ball attached to the pneumatic tube in theother and presses directly a suitable opportunitypresents itself. Our indiarubber tubing measuresabout one hundred feet in length, and is joined in. OUR OUTFIT. five or six j^laces by hollow pieces of metal, sothat almost any length can be used, according tocircumstances. Our climbing ropes are two hundred feet eachin length, and an inch and a half and two inches,respectively, in circumference. They were speciallymanufactured for us from the best Manilla hemp. 336 WITH NATURE AND A CAMERA. by Messrs. Galloway, Matthews & Co., of AppoldStreet, The thicker, or descending- rope, hasthree loops at its end formed by plaiting- thestrands of which it is made, and then lashing- them firmly to the rope the climber putsroiuid his hips as shownin our illustration of themethod of descending acliff, and practically sitsin them. The revolver is usedfor the prosaic andharmless purpose ofmaking- a loud reportat the top of any cliffin the face of whichthere is reason for be-lieving some birds nest,which we desire toph
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