. The book of photography; practical, theoretical and applied. Fig. 8G.—QuTA Automatic Ferrotype ^Camera. dry ferrotype plates, or, as they are some-times called, American dry-plates. Amongcameras of this description, which are muchin favour with itinerant photographers,may be mentioned the Takuquick andthe Quta, the latter being illustratedby Fig. 86. Camera for Ferrotype Photography. Beyond a few minor details there is noreason why the ordinary camera should notbe used for ferrotype photography. Anordinary half- or quarter-plate camera an-swers very well, though it may be an advan-tage to ha
. The book of photography; practical, theoretical and applied. Fig. 8G.—QuTA Automatic Ferrotype ^Camera. dry ferrotype plates, or, as they are some-times called, American dry-plates. Amongcameras of this description, which are muchin favour with itinerant photographers,may be mentioned the Takuquick andthe Quta, the latter being illustratedby Fig. 86. Camera for Ferrotype Photography. Beyond a few minor details there is noreason why the ordinary camera should notbe used for ferrotype photography. Anordinary half- or quarter-plate camera an-swers very well, though it may be an advan-tage to have a repeating back and a studio 48 THE BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY. slide, with a groove in the bottom for drip-pings, and wires for plate to rest on, or itwill be necessary to give the other slide acoating inside of paraffin wax. Those whoconsistently practise ferrotypy are gener-ally provided with an old wet-plate boxcamera and a French portrait-lens. As. Fig. 87.—Ferrotype Camera. ferrotypes are slower than gelatine plates,a portrait-lens is often a necessity, whilstthe box camera can be freed from dustmore readily. A suitable box camera majconsist simply of two boxes fitting one inthe other (see Fig. 87). The outer box
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