User manual

Dark colored walls and hangings and more than one w. indow :
blight sun outside, 10 seconds;
hazy sun, 20 seconds;
cloudy bright, 40 seconds;
cloudy dull, I minute, 2 0 seconds.
Dark colored walls and hangings and only one window:
bright sun outside, 20 seconds;
hazy sun, 40 seconds;
cloudy bright, 80 seconds ;
cloudy dull, 2 minutes, 40 seconds.
The foregoing is calc ulated for rooms whose windows get
the direct light from the sky and for hours from 3 hours after
sunrise until 3 hours before sunset.
If earlier or l ate r the time required will be longer.
T O MAKE A PORTRAIT .
Pl ac e the sitter in a chair partly facing the light and turn
the face slightly toward the Kodak (which should be at the
height of an ordinary table). Centre the image in the finder.
For a bust picture the camera should be 6 to 8 feet from the
fi g ure; for a three-quarter figure 8 to 10 feet, and for a full
figure,
10 to 12 feet. The background should form a contrast
with the sitter.
~OTE: In making portraits the subject may be a little less than 6 feet from
the camera
prov ided a No. 64 or I 28 stop is used and time given accordingly,
but the pointer on the camera must be at 6 feet. As a general rule, use the
No . 16 stop for portraits.
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