Cover image for A User's Guide to the View Camera, 3rd Edition

A User's Guide to the View Camera, 3rd Edition

Author Jim Stone
Release Date: 2015/10/01
ISBN: 9781317422686
Topic:
0%
17
Chapters
0-1
Hours read
0k
Total Words
    Start Reading Now    
       Add to Wishlist       
View table of contents

Book Description

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

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. PREFACE
  7. 1 INTRODUCTION
    1. What Is a Camera?
    2. Why Use a View Camera?
  8. 2 THE CAMERA
    1. The Monorail View Camera
  9. 3 USING YOUR CAMERA
    1. THE BASICS
      1. Mounting the Camera
      2. Positioning the Camera
      3. Framing and Focusing
      4. Making the Exposure
    2. ADVANCED CAMERA CONTROL
      1. Swings and Tilts
      2. Controlling Perspective: Back Movements
      3. Controlling Plane of Focus: Lens Movements
      4. Depth of Field
      5. More About Perspective
      6. Setting Up a Photograph: A Complete Sequence
      7. Base vs. Axis Tilts
      8. Exposure Compensations
  10. 4 FILM AND DEVELOPMENT
    1. THE FILM SYSTEM
      1. The Advantages of the Film System
      2. Sheet Film Storage
      3. Loading the Film
      4. Exposing the Film
    2. DEVELOPING THE FILM
      1. The Custom Lab and Quantity Processing
      2. Small-Volume Methods
      3. Storing Negatives
      4. Printing
  11. 5 LENSES AND SHUTTERS
    1. LENSES
      1. Coverage
      2. Angle of View
      3. How Lenses Influence Perspective
    2. SHUTTERS
      1. The Focal-Plane Shutter
      2. The Leaf Shutter
      3. Shutter Synchronization
      4. The Diaphragm
      5. Behind-the-Lens Shutters
  12. 6 CAMERAS
    1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VIEW CAMERA
      1. Descendants of the Flatbed Camera
      2. Reflex Cameras
    2. THE ELECTRONIC VIEW CAMERA
  13. 7 MORE ABOUT LENSES
    1. The Anatomy of a Lens
    2. A HISTORY OF LENS DESIGN
    3. MODERN LENS DESIGN
  14. 8 ACCESSORIES AND OPTIONS
    1. Accessories
    2. Instant-Picture Films
    3. Optional Camera Parts
  15. 9 MAINTENANCE
    1. Lenses
    2. Shutters
    3. Film Holders
    4. Bellows
    5. Tripods
  16. PHOTO CREDITS
  17. INDEX
18.222.162.216