Portrait In 1881: The Chinese government founded th Chinese Telegraph Company in 1881, and cable were laid to Tientsin (1879-1881), Peking (1884), and Hankow (1882-1884). The gov-ernment took over all telegraph lines in 1902 and in 1906 established a ministry of posts and communications (Yu Ch'uan Pu, later Chiao T'ung Pu). By 1937 there were over 59,230 miles (95,320 km) of cable, and the figure had doubled by the mid-1950's. Local telephone service was begun in Shanghai in 1881, and long distance service came into use after 1900.
However, although a long focal length lens is mandatory, it need not be expensive. The utmost of critical sharpness in a portrait in 1881 lens is not necessary, or even desired, since considerable diffusion can be tolerated in portrait in 1881 negatives. Your lens needn't be in a shutter for strictly studio portrait in 1881s, either. A lens in barrel is perfectly satisfactory, since you can provide yourself with a simple Packard shutter to use behind the lens. Many portrait in 1881 men actually prefer the Packard to the more costly between-the-lens shutters.
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