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• Bandzählung: 6.1862
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‘204 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. [April 25,1862. Ulk in tbe Studio. Royal Patronage.—It will interest many of our readers, who are familiar with the name of Mr. Jabez Hughes, in con nection with frequent communications at the metropolitan photographic meetings and in photographic journals, to learn that he is at present executing a series bf commissions for Her Majesty. Mr. Hughes has recently fixed his residence at Ryde, having purchased the business of the late Mr. Lacy, of whom he will be a worthy successor. It is somewhat singular that the first picture Mr. Hughes took in the Isle of Wight was a portrait of Prince Leopold. This was so satisfactory that it was succeeded by commissions to execute photographs of various works of art in the palace at Osborne, and of various views of the exterior and interior of Wippingham Church, which has been recently rebuilt by Her Majesty. Several of the views already success fully executed, we have seen ; and may mention amongst them qne or two of a marvellous extent of angle, having been taken on plates 10 by 8 with a No. 1 triple achromatic lens of about 8 inches equivalent focus, with a large stop. The prints when trimmed were upwards of 9 by 7, with sufficient pictorial definition to the edges. We are glad to record, in the com mission of Mr. Hughes, another of the many graceful tributes to the art on the part of Her Majesty, in the employment by turns of almost all photographers of reputation or ability. Mason v. Heath.—This case came on again in the Court of Common Pleas, on Thursday week, before Lord Chief Justice Erle and Justices Willes, Byles, and Keating, sitting in Banco. Mr. Montague Smith, Q.C., said the action was brought by the plaintiff, who was tho publisher of The Photographic Portrait Gallery, against Mr. Vernon Heath, the photographer, of Picca- * dilly, to recover two negatives of the late Prince Consort. At the trial, last sitting, the plaintiff stated that he had written to, and obtained tho permission of his Royal Highness to publish his portrait in the Gallery; and that ho then made an agree ment with Mr. Heath to take two negatives for the sum of five guineas. The defendant alleged that there was no agree ment of the kind, and refused to give the plaintiff one negative without tho payment of fifteen guineas. The jury found that there was no agreement for two negatives, but considered that the plaintiff should have one negative upon the payment of five guineas. His lordship then directed a verdict to be entered for the defendant, with leave to the plaintiff to move to enter the verdict for him according to tho finding of the jury. The learned counsel then moved pursuant to leave reserved. The Court granted a rule nisi. The Photographic Contract at the Exhibition.—The long-pending question of the right to photograph the Exhibi tion was settled on Tuesday evening, when the secretary an nounced that the tender of tho London Stereoscopic Company had been accepted. Several of the most eminent photographic firms were eagerly competing for this privilege, and the keen ness of the contest was enhanced by its being rumoured that Messrs. Day and Sons were also striving for it, as the most valuable auxiliary they could obtain for the production of an illustrated work on the chief contents of the Exhibition. It is much better, however, that the choice has fallen on professional photographers, and from the high character of the London Stereoscopic Company they are likely to do the work admirably well. A very high price was paid to the Commissioners for tho privilege, and a still higher sum must be expended by the firm to perform the contract well. No photographs are to be sold in the building ; no views to be taken after 10 a.m., and none at all without the consent of the exhibitors themselves. The latter, however, is a merely formal clause, as, of course, the main source of profit will arise from the desire of the exhibitors to have their stalls and cases represented in stereoscopic views.— The Times. Patent Ozone Light.—“This latest improvement in the combustion of air for illuminating purposes,” says the Man- Chester Courier, " has just been tried at the Victoria Station. Tho invention is patented by Messrs. Trachsel and Clayton, engineers, Ardwick. A first-class carriage was darkened and then lightened with the brilliancy of gas by the new flame, which burned in the usual lamp; its advantages are—that it cannot explode, and shows colours as in daylight. The light is very mild and steady, even when the carriage is in motion ; it is evolved from air passing through certain chemicals; is not dearer than gas, and is much more portable.” U0 Oorrespondents. William VAUGHAN.—It is impossible to state with certainty what amount glass should be in any part of a glass house, without a precise knowlwt of all details, only to be obtained by personal inspection. Seven W top light, with plenty of side light, would in many circumstances be S cient. Take care, however, to have those seven feet well forward, and. immediately over the head of the sitter. 2. The lenses called halfpli in either Dallmeyer’s or Ross’s catalogue, will cover a whole plate bet than many whole-plate French lenses. A. B. C.—The simplest and least expensive instantaneous shutter cons^ in the use of a piece of wood held in the hand. If you require someth inexpensive for occasional use, this, or a hat or cap—anything in s» which will cover the lens—may be employed with a little care and WI terity. 2. The card picture is a little hard, from slight under-expo^j The lens is not quite equal to the work ; and the background is not IU5 free from stains. The printing is pretty good and free from mealiness *1 If a proper collodion be used, and the plates properly prepared, there i0 reason why the result should not be good, a day or a week after preparatidi II. V. C.—The small white houses on the shore at the foot of Mount Orgut are at all times inimical to the effect of a picture, in which, as in the sc itself, they have a spotty effect. In the specimen sent, the result WoU, have been better if the plate had received longer exposure and less det lopment, or if less silver had been used in the development. By givt sufficient exposure to bring out all detail, without forcing the developing you will generally obtain skies which will print slightly through, just givt a tint instead of white paper. To secure clouds, the best plan if the I posure be not instantaneous, is to shade the sky, either by using a 9 meyer's shutter, or holding a piece of blackened card or board horizonti above the lens, so as to cut off the rays from the sky until the foregrot, is properly exposed, and then give an instantaneous exposure for clouds. We have not had personal experience in the processes recel recommended by Mr. Bartholomew, and cannot, therefore, give much, formation beyond what is supplied in his various communications. 2 apology whatever is needed for your queries, which we always take Pl” sure in answeying, and giving the best information in our possession. J Achromatic Lens.—It is the custom of all opticians, of any reputation, engrave their names on the mounts of their lenses. We can form no id of the maker of the lens you mention from the initials given. Probably is from some French house which manufactures for « the trade.” J. G. L.—Ebonite will stand with impunity a very strong solution of ni acid. The mode we adopt with such baths is first to wash with'a soluti of soda, then with a solution of nitric acid, and finally rinse thoroughly, W. R. D.—We cannot devote the amount of space in this column necess, to instruct you how to take a good negative, and then how to print frot. The information you require is scattered over our pages ; butperhapsy, .simplest plan would be to get any good elementary manual expressly" tended to meet such wants as yours. Try that of Mr. Hughes. a Photo.—The person you name was at one time a photographic dealer in)a Oxford Street, but has not been in the business we believe for the last । years. We are sorry for your victimization, and would willingly pre'" others from sharing the same fate ; but we cannot, unfortunately! in . the letter of warning, as the law of libel is apt to put awkward const tions on such matters. We can only recommend our readers to dealo with houses of known respectability, of which our advertisement P; present a goodly list, all of whom have “ a local habitation and a names An Amateur SUBSCRIBER.—In speaking of portrait lenses of 3) in., 4, and 5} in., Mr. England referred to the distance from the back I, Waterhouse diaphragms are always placed between the front and by lenses ; but they are not necessarily central. The exact position dep®a on the relative power of the lenses in the combination ; and if the le are made by an optician who understands his business, the position sele is that which will give the least distortion and the flattest field, consist, with rapid action. By placing the stop nearer the front lens’ the fiel flattened, but the amount of light is diminished. We should imagip® stereo picture would be covered by the lens you refer to sufficiently J for most subjects with a stop of 8 in. diameter, and that on occasio much larger stop might do. Probably the maker himself can give! exact information of what ought to be done with the lens. II. G. B.—Your remarks on the article in the Saturday Review are veryt M. Claudet remarked to us the other day in a conversation on the suW* that it might be accepted as a certain rule in reference to the write, such articles, that they were personally ugly, and had received from Pb graphy uncompromising justice ! Hence the spleen. R. G.—If an iron negative be very full of detail but thin, use the pyro21 tion of moderate strength, and add plenty of silver: take care, howeve f have sufficient acid to prevent reduction on the shadows. New Light.—We are obliged for the extract, which as you see we ilo We will examine the specification, and if it afford any useful informs" our readers shall be put in possession of it. A New Subscriber.—In using a focussing glass, take care that thegr glass be very fine, otherwise its texture will be so much magnified thed can scarcely distinguish a sharp image on it. Your focussing glass SPe be adjusted to your sight by screwing the end in or out, and when• adjusted may be screwed tight and kept so. For use it is placed wi open end flat against the ground glass. Unless your sight be bad rarely necessary to use magnifying power in focussing. go Puzzled states that for some time past he has been unable to obtain 810o creamy-looking film : on taking the plate from the nitrate bath ited blue and thin ; but after exposure in the camera it becomes quitedel and creamy. This is a somewhat puzzling circumstance at first.di but it is not due to the action of light. If the plate had merely Sps the dark during the time it was in the dark slide, the result would been the same. It simply proves that the whole of the iodide film was not converted into iodide of silver before the plate left the d and some free nitrate remaining on the film, the process of douil composition—whereby the iodide of silver is formed—continued g the plate was in the dark slide. You must allow the plate to sop” longer in the bath. Probably the collodion you are using gives isal 0 what repellant film, or it may contain a larger proportion thansun t)? pyroxyline and iodides ; in either case a little longer immers . usual in the bath will meet the difficulty. M s G. C. is thanked. Nitrate, T. P. E., E. T., X. P. R., J. F., •• “ " several other correspondents in our next.