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

Stone, Jim

ISBN 10: 1138917532 / ISBN 13: 9781138917538

Published by Routledge, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A User's Guide to the View Camera: Third Edition
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138917532
• ISBN 13: 9781138917538
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: As New
• Weight: 17 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

This reissued third edition of A User’s 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 cameras―all 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

About the Author

Jim Stone is a professor of Photography at the University of New Mexico and the author of several monographs and educational books on photography, including those he co-authored with Barbara London (Photography, A Short Course in Photography: Film and Darkroom, A Short Course in Photography: Digital). His photographs have been exhibited and published internationally and are in the permanent collections of major museums.