Kodak No. 2 Folding Pocket Brownie - Before Loading the Camera

Before Loading
BEFORE taking any pictures with the No. 2
Folding Pocket Brownie Camera read the
following instructions carefully, and make your-
self perfectly familiar with the instrument, taking
especial care to learn how to operate the shutter.
Work it for both time and instantaneous expo-
sures several times before threading up the film.
The first thing for the amateur to bear in mind
is that the light which serves to impress the
photographic image upon the sensitive film in a
fraction of a second when it comes through the
lens can destroy the film as quickly as it makes
the picture. After the film has been developed
and all developer thoroughly washed out, it may
be quickly transferred in subdued white light to
the fixing bath without injury. Throughout all
the operations of loading and unloading, be
extremely careful to keep the duplex paper
wound tightly around the film to prevent the
admission of light,