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1 d d e a 0 $ e a e e July 31, 1885.J THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. 483 designed with a view to photographic purposes, I shall touch upon the various types of tricycles at present in the market, and show how best they can be made to serve the photographer’s ends. As I have before remarked, the chief bug-bear of the cycling picture-taker is the tripod, the conveyance of which in its ordinary and conventional form is a regular bete noir to him. This has been recognised already by various inventive individuals, and several ingenious con trivances in the way of special tripods or substitutes for them have been devised. Of these, Messrs. Lancaster and Son’s wheel-clip is by no means the least prominent. It is small, light, portable, and extremely handy, consisting of a pair of hinged jaws brought together by a thumb-screw, which tightens them- upon the rim and tyre of the wheel, and to which is at tached a socket or ring in which a brass tube, some six inches long, slides, bearing at its top an universal or ball- and-socket joint, to which a table, supporting the camera, is fitted. This, though an excellent make-shift, has several drawbacks when compared with the tripod proper, the chief being that it is a great difficulty to keep a machine sufficiently steady to secure a good view, also that it necessitates the high road being kept, or the machine dragged laboriously to the side, and restricts the photo grapher altogether too much in the matter of position from which to expose on his object. It is in my opinion even more useful when clipped to the handle-bar of a bicycle (when the machine can be leant against anything) than when attached to the wheel. The universal joint at the top is an excellent feature in it, and an Irish friend of mine has attached this portion of it to the top of his tripod, and finds it extremely useful in rough or uneven country, where there is a difficulty in obtaining a level with all three legs securely placed. This is a hint which tripod makers may with advantage avail themselves of. Another portable contrivance of especial use to the cyclist is Sharpe’s patent telescopic tripod, each leg of which is formed of a strip of sheet brass, and winds out like a twisted paper spill, the whole stand consisting of the three legs and triangular top, shutting up into a space well under 5 inches by 2 inches by 2 inches. It takes some little time to get used to, but when once its action is fairly understood there is no difficulty. It is the most compact and portable stand I know, and I have used one constantly for some months past. When widely spread out it is ex tremely rigid, though this diminishes naturally as the legs approach the perpendicular; still, for use in average weather, I have never found much inconvenience from vibration, although, unless well spread out, it is not perfectly rigid in a wind. Another telescopic tripod (which, however, I have not used) has been shown me by Mr. Watson, of Blythe Road, West Kensington, which should also prove a very suitable and serviceable article for cyclists. It consists of a series of short lengths of tapering brass tube, sliding one within the other, and drawing out to about 4 feet in length, each leg telescoping into about 10 inches, rendering the whole concern very portable. The seat pillars of tricycles can also be utilized as a substitute by having the pillar constructed very long, of tubing, and sliding within it a rod with attachments for securing it to the camera, the seat rod being detached and reversed when about to be used in this capacity. The objections to this form are the same as to the wheel clip, viz., the difficulty of keeping the machine absolutely still, and the restriction as to position. I make these few remarks on the subject of tripods, as although I shall point out in each case the most suitable position for carrying the tripod, the use of one or other of these especially useful contrivances will, in most cases, entirely obviate the necessity of any anxiety or scheming on this account, and render the combination of cycling and photography a very much more easy affair, Of the various styles of tricycle now upon the market, the commonest still in many parts of the country is that known as the rear-steerer, consisting of two wheels in front, with a third and smaller one placed some distance behind, which effects the steering. Many of these are truly sorry affairs, but even one of these is better than none, and as the carrying of luggage when properly positioned very materially adds to their safety and stabi lity, they will not, in the hands of the careful, steady-riding photographer, prove such deceivers as when in the charge of a rash and giddy youth. Undoubtedly the best form of this variety is that embodied in the “ Oheylesmore ” tricycle, one of which, presented by the Coventry Machinists’ Company, formed the first prize in the cycling division at the recent Amateur Photographic Exhibition. With a machine of this class, the tripod, if one of the ordinary kind be used, is easily carried by strapping it along the top of the backbone. The camera can either be carried in a frame suspended from and at right angles to the aforesaid backbone, as was shown on the machine at the Amateur Photographic Exhibition, or, if the camera be large (say 12 by 10), perhaps a better way is to get a couple of cross rods fitted at right angles to the backbone, and a foot distant from each other, and then suspend the camera and slides either in one box beneath the tube, or in two separate cases slung one on each side it. This, keep ing the weight down under the frame, is a far preferable plan to that adopted by some, of carrying their impedi menta in a box placed on the top of the frame, as it does not make the machine top-heavy, and adds, rather than otherwise, to the steadiness and safety. The next most common form of tricycle, and that most generally useful, is the front-steerer, in which the steering is done by means of a small wheel in the fore part of the machine. This type of machine is the safest of any, especially when descending hills, and this, when the greatly added weight of a photographer’s kit is considered, is by no means a minor point, for the heavier the machine and its carried weight, the faster, as a rule, will it descend hills, and therefore, to the weight-carrying tricyclist, perfect steering and brake power is a sine qua non. There are two general forms of this class of machine, viz., the two and three tracks ; the former having the steering wheel carried at the side at the end of a long straight side tube, the latter having the steering wheel placed centrally between the other two. The first class is the more convenient for carrying the tripod, but I think the other will be found, if anything, preferable from other points of view. All weight must be carried behind the rider, and this may, if the kit do not exceed the necessary for a half-plate appa ratus, be carried attached to the saddle and seat rod in the manner I shall shortly describe, as my own plan with the “ Coventry Rotary.” If larger than this, it should be arranged beneath the axle. Of course the simplest way to do this would be to just suspend it from it, but this is not practicable, for the reason that the rider’s heels, as a rule, traverse circles which pass a little to the rear of the axle, so that in order to clear the heels the camera case must be carried out somewhat to the rear. If the machine is fitted with two safety rods behind, this can generally be done by supporting the upper portion of the case on the axle-tube, and attaching the other to the safety rods ; but where one only is provided, and where the above arrangement cannot be come to with two, the only way is to procure a frame from some maker such as Singer and Co., Coventry, on which to support the apparatus. These frames tike the form of a gridiron with ban lie more or less bent, and are, as a rule, attached to the seat pin by a socket surrounding it. Luggage can be either suspended or supported upon them, the latter being preferable. As the beauty of this class of machine is the poise or balance, the addition of weight to the rear will affect it, and in order to counteract it, and retain the equality of balance, the rider should be possessed of an “1 seat pillar, and should move his spring and saddle
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