Hasluck's
Photographic Notes
We've had Paul Hasluck's Photographic Cameras in print for a number of years now. And it's a great how-to book from about 1906 based on articles reprinted from the British magazine "Work". About 1910 the publisher issued a six volume encyclopedia of "Work" articles on all topics. What you get here are small, short photographic articles that appeared after Cameras was published but were reprinted in the encyclopedia.
You get details on making a variety shutters, cameras and accessories. Build a hand camera, a focusing screen, a developing camera, a reflex camera, detachable back for folding hand camera, behind-lens studio camera shutter, a silent camera, and everset shutter, see-saw shutter, camera obscura, roll holder for pocket camera, bellows construction and repair, two articles on pin hole cameras, and more.
Each
article is relatively short, but illustrated. If you plan to build a camera,
you'll find that old lenses in barrel (that is, they have no shutter) can
be obtained relatively inexpensively. But you'll need a shutter, even if only
very primitive, to use the lens with modern film. If you're shooting wet plates,
the lens cap will do.
Lots of interesting bits and pieces for the camera nut. Good stuff. Get a copy! 8-1/2 x 11 booklet 48 pages
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