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January 30, 1891.] THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. 93 Corresponence. DR. EMERSON’S RENUNCIATION. Sir,—Can it be true, or is Dr. Emerson playing off a joke on us ? It seems too good news for actuality that the prime instigator of the naturalistic racket has at last felt the error of his ways. If he means it to be a reality, he must earn by it the goodwill and thanks of all who truly desire the advance of pictorial photography. It is easy to understand how a cul tured gentleman must be annoyed by the sickly manner in which those who have supported his former views have “ out- Heroded Herod ’’ with their long rigmaroles of meaningless palabras, whichmust leave even the most highly-versed students of modern critics’ slang in perfect dismay in endeavouring to discover what these paper stainers are driving at. Probably they do not themselves know, and, on the principle that “ fine feathers make fine birds,” sought, by the involved mysticism of their phraseology, to imbue the less intellectual of their hearers or readers with the idea that anything couched in such far-fetched terms necessarily contained considerable elements of nobility. In his detail of the causes to which Dr. Emerson attributes his conversion there is nothing new to sensible men, but it appears to me strange that he should so long have overlooked these matters, which are common experience. I venture to differ with Dr. Emerson on the final cause which seems to have determined his bravely offered renunciation. I dp not think it is to be attributed to his examination of various studies in art (iftcr three and a-half months’ solitary study of nature in his house-boat. I think, if he fairly analyses his inward reflections, he will find that his change of views rather results from the mentioned three and a-half months’ study ot nature away from access to art examples. He has at last appreciated what nature is, and how far away anything yet offered as art is from compared with it, and how infinitely farther still from it is anything emanating from the naturalistic schoolroom. He is the better artist for his unconscious train ing, for one who can produce the frontispiece to “ Wild Life on a Tidal River presents to his admirers a work which, in artis tic value, is far ahead of the majority of those issuing from the studios of to-day. All lovers of art photography must be delighted to find how Dr. Emerson throws off those who have striven to render them selves illustrious by clinging to his coat-tails ; it really seems as though he had been for some years piling up a big joke on them previous to depositing them very carefully in the mire. Any how, as Wilkis declared he “ never was a Wilkite,” we have now Dr. Emerson’s virtual declaration that he does not belong to the Emersonian school. Henry E. Davis. 28, Leinster Square, Bayswater, London, II’, Jan. 26th, Sir,—The fever of excitement caused by the news embodied in Dr. Emerson’s essay of last week has probably by this sub sided, and the manufacture of soft soap by the enemy com menced. If the word enemy applies to one who differed from Dr. Emerson on the question of naturalistic photography, it will not be surprising if a little glee, “ small-souled ” or other wise, be forthcoming. Be this as it may, most questions, like tombstones, have two sides, and the epitaph of last week seems to be the one side, of which the following may be the other : — “ Here lies a veritable bone of contention, being all that remains of an attempt to theorise. Born prematurely, and nourished insufficiently, it crawled through a short and chequered career, admired by few, derided by many, and dying very little lamented ; the spirit of which, freed from personal ambition, may yet rise to honour and stability.” This, I fancy, will embody rather more of the public opinion than that of last week. Most people have heard the fable of the boy who called “ Wolf ! ” until he fell a victim to that complaint. Dr. Emer son had probably forgotten it when he mentioned his inten tion of reconsidering the matter, and then calling for help. In concluding, I cannot think of a more apt quotation than Dr. Emerson’s own from Francis Bacon, “ If offence come out of truth, it were better the offence come than the truth be concealed.” H. Colebrook. Proceengs of Socetes. The Photographic Society of Great Britain. At the technical meeting of this Society held on Tuesday even ing, the 27th inst., the chair was occupied by Mr. H. Chapman Jones. The Chairman handed round for inspection a Wray’s lens for detective camera work. It was of six-inch focus, con structed with Jena glass, and furnished with an iris diaphragm and index. Mr. A. Cow'an thought it better that there should be a click indicating when the aperture stood at the standard sizes marked on the index. Mr. G. L. ADDENBROOKE would like to hear the experience of any who had worked with combination sets of lenses. A set of that kind which he possessed was not very successful, the illumination being unequal, and falling away at the corners. Mr. Cowan had known Darlot’s combination sets to work very well, but they were not intended to be used with large diaphragms. Mr. ADDENBROOKE asked whether doublets—one component of which was of longer focus than the other—were not neces sarily inferior to symmetrical lenses. Mr. W. E. Debenham thought not, at all events, for lenses of the wide-angle character. Mr. W. Bedford had had a set of lenses made for him by Darlot, with a somewhat more extensive range than usual, and found them work very satisfactorily. He did not notice any bad result from the combinations being unsymmetrical, even when using those of longest and shortest focus together. The Chairman said that aluminium might now be used in these fittings, being so much cheaper than it formerly was. Mr. Addenbrooke added that, for the last year or more, a good solder for aluminium had been in use. A piece of metal might be soldered with it, and beaten out to double its size without injury. The Chairman thought it a mistake to use so large a plate as the quarter size when taking negatives for the lantern. If an oblong picture were intended to be made, there was no advantage in going beyond half the quarter-plate size. Mr. Debenham thought it well to be able to select the por tion of the subject to be used at more leisure than was prac ticable with detective camera subjects. Mr. Thomas Sutton had recommended the general use of a square plate large in proportion to the focus of the lens, so that the best portion of the view could be selected afterwards. The Chairman said that, with a good finder, there was no difficulty, and he was never more than an eighth of an inch out. Finders, as sold, were often inaccurate. Mr. W. H. Harrison asked whether there was any advan tage in triple over double condensers for lantern slides of ordi nary size. Mr. T. E. Freshwater said that for illuminating a small surface the triple condenser was best, but there was no advan tage when showing the whole of a slide of ordinary size. Mr. Addenbrooke mentioned that an incandescence lamp for use in the lantern had been recently brought out, and asked whether anyone present had had any experience with it. Mr. Freshwater thought it better to use the arc light when a current was available, but care must be taken not to heat the condenser, and it must be of long focus. The Chairman remarked that it was generally considered that lantern slides should be very sharply defined. One maker had told him that if the slide appeared sharp to the eye, that would be sufficient. What would be Mr. Debenham’s opinion ? Mr. Debenham replied that a three-inch slide, examined at a distance of nine inches, would subtend the same angle as when thrown on a six-foot screen and looked at from a distance
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