User's Guide to the View Camera

by Jim Stone

Book Overview

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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0673520064
• ISBN13: 9780673520067
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Covers the Subject Well

In doing some research for a project I was working on, I acquired this book. I found it had all of the information I needed on using a view camera. The author covered the swings and tilts well and showed the advantages of using these cameras.

Very Good, but....

What IS there, IS good- But, For the price, @ $45. to $55. I had hoped it was going to be much more in depth. More information on equipment; e.g.: Lenses, cameras, & accessories such as tripods, light meters, etc. I also would have liked much more information on films, printing paper, chemicals, processing techniques, etc. I suppose this does get away from the general title of the book somewhat, however, being new to the processing Large Format film, I needed much more information on that topic, as it is quite a bit different than working with roll film. What I did like about it is that it did give a very good overview of the View Camera; and has especially good section on the techniques for using one. Not sorry I bought it, just wished for it to be a bit more than it turned out to be.

highly recomended

this book was the only book required for a class i have at a big art school. the teacher said it's great, so im getting it.