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User's Guide to the View Camera: Third Edition 3rd edition [Kietas viršelis]

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(Professor of Photography at the University of New Mexico)
  • Formatas: Hardback, 176 pages, aukštis x plotis: 276x219 mm, weight: 490 g, 316 Halftones, black and white
  • Išleidimo metai: 02-Nov-2015
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1138917540
  • ISBN-13: 9781138917545
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Hardback, 176 pages, aukštis x plotis: 276x219 mm, weight: 490 g, 316 Halftones, black and white
  • Išleidimo metai: 02-Nov-2015
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1138917540
  • ISBN-13: 9781138917545
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
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

Preface vii
1 Introduction
1(5)
What Is a Camera?
1(1)
Why Use a View Camera?
2(4)
2 The Camera
6(8)
The Monorail View Camera
6(8)
3 Using Your Camera
14(44)
The Basics
14(4)
Mounting the Camera
14(1)
Positioning the Camera
15(1)
Framing and Focusing
15(1)
Making the Exposure
16(2)
Advanced Camera Control
18(40)
Swings and Tilts
20(6)
Controlling Perspective: Back Movements
26(16)
Controlling Plane of Focus: Lens Movements
42(2)
Depth of Field
44(3)
More About Perspective
47(3)
Setting Up a Photographs A Complete Sequence
50(4)
Base vs. Axis Tilts
54(1)
Exposure Compensations
54(4)
4 Film and Development
58(16)
The Film System
58(7)
The Advantages of the Film System
58(2)
Sheet Film Storage
60(1)
Loading the Film
61(3)
Exposing the Film
64(1)
Developing The Film
65(9)
The Custom Lab and Quantity Processing
65(1)
Small-Volume Methods
65(6)
Storing Negatives
71(1)
Printing
72(2)
5 Lenses and Shutters
74(21)
Lenses
74(12)
Coverage
75(5)
Angle of View
80(3)
How Lenses Influence Perspective
83(3)
Shutters
86(9)
The Focal-Plane Shutter
86(1)
The Leaf Shutter
86(4)
Shutter Synchronization
90(2)
The Diaphragm
92(1)
Behind-the-Lens Shutters
93(2)
6 Cameras
95(19)
The Development Of The View Camera
95(16)
Descendants of the Flatbed Camera
100(9)
Reflex Cameras
109(2)
The Electronic View Camera
111(3)
7 More About Lenses
114(22)
The Anatomy of a Lens
114(7)
A History Of Lens Design
121(6)
Modern Lens Design
127(9)
8 Accessories And Options
136(23)
Accessories
136(10)
Instant-Picture Films
146(5)
Optional Camera Parts
151(8)
9 Maintenance
159(6)
Lenses
159(1)
Shutters
160(1)
Film Holders
161(1)
Bellows
162(1)
Tripods
162(2)
Photo Credits
164(1)
Index 165
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.