A very interesting and instructive lecture was given before the Photo graphic Society at the Union Church Hall on Thursday night Mr. Gerald Hummel, on the subje of "Stereoscopic Photography. There was a large attendance, and the lecture was thoroughly Mr. Hummel said that the li meaning of the word "stersoscopic was "solid vision," and the object of stereoscopic photography was to enable the eyes to sce in a photo-w they would see naturally, i. objects standing out in their true On looking back into the histo of photography, the time when stercoscopic photography excited the keen. est attention was in the early six-fies and at the Photographic Exhibition in 1862 stereoscopic pictures were the most popular form of souvenir. In those early days stereoscopic portraits commanded good prices, expert portrait photo: graphers charging 2! gninens for a single portrait. Gradually, after this period, interest in stereoscopic work waned and almost died. Many causes had been suggested for the loss of interest shown in this branch of photography, and the truth probably was, said M Hummel, that while—stereoscopic photography was very simple and easy to understand it required ca! in each of the many operations connected with it, which care had too often been withheld. In recent years, especially amongst amateurs. this branch of photography had sprung into new life, and there was every reason to expect and look forward to a great revival of it. One proof of a revival was the unusually large number of patents for stereoscopic apparatus—which had been taken out and applied for in recent years.
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