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THOSE photographers, whether professional or amateur, who are able to read German will find this book full of useful information and valuable hints regarding the properties and use of the photographic objective. So numerous, so varied in construction, and so different in price are lenses of to-day that it is important that the photographer should know something of their nature and capabilities before investing in one or more of them. The present book is intended to give the reader a good all-round idea of not only the properties of lenses, their errors, corrections, the different kinds available, and hints on choosing them, but also how to use them when obtained. Although the text quite fulfils this object, the very excellent set of reproductions illustrating all the kinds of results which accrue from good or bad focusing, setting, choice of position, &c., adds greatly to its value, and demonstrates better than any words could do the points to be observed. The telephotographic lens is also included in these pages, and the book concludes with quite a full index.
Das Objectiv im Dienste der Photographie.
By Dr. E. Holm. Pp. xvi + 142. (Berlin: Gustav Schmidt, 1902.) Price 2 marks.
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Das Objectiv im Dienste der Photographie . Nature 67, 486 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/067486b0
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