CAMERA OWNERS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20007, 4 August 1939, Page 5

CAMERA OWNERS

ACTIVITIES IN GISBORNE DONATIONS OF MATERIALS The fortnightly meeting of the Gisborne Camera Club was held on Tuesday evening, the president, Mr. R. R. Baldrey, presiding over a .good attendance of members. The secretary, Mr. N. M. _ Dallas, reported that he had received a letter from the committee of the Tolaga Bay Horticultural Society, enclosing a list of classes of the photographic competition to be held at its annual show in November, and expressing the wish that members of Die Gisborne Camera Club would compete. Several members signified their intention of submitting prints. It was announced that through the generosity 'of several members the club had been presented with an enlarger, a set of safe-lights, and material for a light-trap for the dark-room window. The president, Mr. It. R. Baldrey, exhibited a safelight holder he had constructed for the dark-room, this being a fine niece of workmanship. The competition for the evening was a wind study, this being carried over from the previous meeting. The results were: I —Mr. Glanvillc, 1; Mr. Johnston, 2; Mr. Nicliol, 3. It was announced that the competition for next meeting night would be for the best, lantern slide, members being expected to have gained sufficient experience from, the recent demonstration of slide-making Jo enable them to produce entries. The demonstration for the evening was in developing Dufay-colour films. This was given by Mr. .1. Hollamby. wlib explained each step of the process as he proceeded through the stages of developing, bleaching, clearing, second exposure, and redevelopment, finally producing a set of colour transparencies.