Using the View Camera

by Steve Simmons

Book Overview

Information on large-format cameras, their accessories, and films is clearly presented in this updated guide, which covers all the technical aspects of using the view camera. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817463534
• ISBN13: 9780817463533
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Amphoto Books
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

The best intro to LF

This book is very well organized, clearly written. Everything you need to know to start to LF Photography is there, even the zone system. But I believe it's not only a novice's handbook, it may be very useful even for experienced photographers. I liked the 2nd section where LF images, of super quality, are explained in a detailed manner. Buy this book, you won't be disappointed.

Fantastic Book!

This is an excellent book which meets its purpose well: providing all the important information you need to dive into the greatest format there is in photography: the view camera. It's important to note that this book is not titled "How To Be An Artist" - this isn't at all the point of the book. Too many people are interested in being 'creative' before they have a clue technically as to what they're doing, which wrecks a lot of photography that could be excellent. I teach large format photography, and the skills taught in this book are absolutly essential to the technical aspects of the large format camera as a necessary step BEFORE the creative aspect. This book explores the endless possibilities in shooting with a view camera; possibilities that are nearly never available to those shooting smaller formats. Everything is covered in the book from shooting to processing to printing, in an easy-to-read fashion, with excellent photos and diagrams along the way to help guide the reader. I would recommend this book to all those just becoming interested in the view camera, as well as those who have quite a bit of experience.

Excellent into to Large Fomat

As beginer to large format, I was looking for a book that would give me the basics of view cameras and their use. I already have a good foundation of photographic and exposure techniques. I found this book to be just right. No time is wasted discussing basic photography (although a nice intro to the Zone system is included, very basic), and very non-technical introduction to view cameras is presented. There is just enough math and science in this book to make you realize how much you may want to learn. After reading this book just once, I feel I can go out and use a view camera to take a picture.

Everything you need to know

This book is well-written and contains everything you need to know to buy and use a view camera. It contains information that I haven't been able to find anywhere else. It even gives the disadvantages of using a view camera over a newer SLR to help a novice decide whether or not to get into medium/large format photography.

Excellent introduction to large format photography

This book is very well organized. Beginners in the large format world will find all the needed info to select and start using their equipment. Intermediate and advanced shooters will appreciate the detailed technical data next to each photo in the showcase section.