A User's Guide to the View Camera: Third Edition

About this book

This reissued third edition of A Users Guide to View Camera introduces photographers to large-format cameras covering their use with both film and digital capture. Readers will learn the anatomy of cameras with a separately adjustable back or front the proper techniques for using view cameras and how to take care of large-format camerasall through straightforward and practical instruction and abundant visual examples. This latest edition features: Practical approaches to mastering lenses shutters accessories and the ever-important maintenance of your view camera Tips for both simple operation and advanced control of the camera including film holders bellows and tripods and film handling and development A section on digital equipment offering updates on the nearly 200-year-long history of the view camera