Book description
Now in its seventh edition, View Camera Technique is a unique, comprehensive book that presents clearly and precisely the features, operations and applications of view cameras. It details camera movements, image formation, exposure control, and information concerning lenses and accessories. Diagrams, comparison charts, and more than 500 photographs and illustrations by distinguished professional photographers provide the reader with the tools necessary to analyze a picture situation, set up and manipulate the camera, and portray the subject to meet the expectations of the professional photographer.This text has been completely revised and updated to include over 100 brand-name view cameras, and offers comparison tables to assist readers in choosing cameras, lenses, and view-camera digital backs. This latest edition offers expanded coverage of the newest technology, including electronic features that simplify the use of view cameras for conventional photography and digital view cameras that eliminate the need for film and make it possible to modify the digital images with image-processing computer software programs
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 View Cameras
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2 View Camera Adjustments
- 2.1 View Camera Adjustments
- 2.2 Focusing Principles
- 2.3 Focusing and Depth of Field
- 2.4 Tilts and Swings
- 2.5 Controlling Image Shape
- 2.6 Controlling the Plane of Sharp Focus
- 2.7 Simultaneous Use of Tilts and Swings
- 2.8 Vertical and Horizontal Shifts
- 2.9 Film Rotation
- 2.10 Effect of Back Movements on Image Shape
- 2.11 Effect of Back Movements on Image Sharpness
- 2.12 Effect of Lens Movements on Image Sharpness
- 2.13 Types of Movement Limitations
- 2.14 Focusing Limitations
- 2.15 Lens Movement Limitations
- 2.16 Back Movement Limitations
- 2.17 Anamorphic Effects
- 3 Image Formation
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4 Exposure Controls
- 4.1 Camera and Photographic Exposure
- 4.2 f-Numbers
- 4.3 Whole Stops
- 4.4 Maximum Diaphragm Openings
- 4.5 Minimum Diaphragm Openings
- 4.6 Intermediate f-Numbers
- 4.7 Limitations of the f-Number System
- 4.8 Supplementary Lenses and Effective f-Numbers
- 4.9 Lens Transmittance
- 4.10 Lens and Focal Plane Shutters
- 4.11 Types of Lens Shutters
- 4.12 Other Exposure Controls
- 4.13 Flash Synchronizationa
- 5 View Camera Lenses
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6 Image Size and Perspective
- 6.1 Perspective
- 6.2 Focal Length with Distant Objects
- 6.3 Focal Length Limitations at Close Range
- 6.4 Maximum Scale of Reproduction
- 6.5 Closeup Photography, Photomacrography, and Photomicrography
- 6.6 Image Definition of Photomacrographs
- 6.7 Lighting for Photomacrographs
- 6.8 Perspective
- 6.9 Object Distance and Perspective
- 6.10 Focal Length and Perspective
- 6.11 Simultaneous Changes in Object Distance and Focal Length
- 6.12 Use of Camera Movements Versus Changing Object Distance
- 6.13 Apparent Perspective Effects
- 6.14 Wide-Angle Effect
- 6.15 Trick Perspective
- 7 Depth of Field
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8 Exposure Meters
- 8.1 Exposure Latitude
- 8.2 Effects of Underexposure and Overexposure
- 8.3 Exposure Meters
- 8.4 Reflected-Light Exposure Meters
- 8.5 Incident-Light Exposure Meters
- 8.6 Reflected-Light Exposure Meter Readings
- 8.7 Camera Position Readings
- 8.8 Midtone Reflected-Light Readings
- 8.9 Brightness-Range Method
- 8.10 Keytone Method
- 8.11 Zone System
- 8.12 Limitations of Reflected-Light Readings
- 8.13 Incident-Light Readings
- 8.14 Light Diffuser Shape
- 8.15 Limitations of Incident-Light Readings
- 8.16 Film Plane Measurements
- 8.17 Electronic-Flash Exposure Meters
- 8.18 Causes of Inaccurate Exposure
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9 Light-Sensitive Materials and Film Processing
- 9.1 Film Sizes
- 9.2 Film and Picture Proportions
- 9.3 Sheet Film
- 9.4 Loading Film Holders
- 9.5 Film Types
- 9.6 Characteristics of Black-and-White Film
- 9.7 Film Speed
- 9.8 Reciprocity Effects
- 9.9 Image Structure
- 9.10 Contrast and Tone-Reproduction Characteristics
- 9.11 Spectral Sensitivity
- 9.12 Instant Film
- 9.13 Color Film
- 9.14 Nonsilver Light-Sensitive Materials
- 9.15 Processing Sheet Film
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10 Filters
- 10.1 Filters
- 10.2 Color Names
- 10.3 Filters for Black-and-White Photography
- 10.4 Predicting Filter Effects
- 10.5 Maxwell Triangle
- 10.6 Filter Factors
- 10.7 Exposure Adjustment for Filters
- 10.8 Using the Maxwell Triangle
- 10.9 Correction Filters for Black-and-White Film
- 10.10 Haze Filters
- 10.11 Infrared Filters
- 10.12 Ultraviolet Filters
- 10.13 Filters for Color Photography
- 10.14 Filters for Black-and-White and Color Photography
- 10.15 Safelight Filters
- 11 Evolution of the View Camera
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12 Contemporary View Cameras
- 12.1 Camera Tripods and Stands
- 12.2 View Camera Beds
- 12.3 Tripod Blocks
- 12.4 Focusing Controls
- 12.5 Depth-of-Field Scales
- 12.6 Camera Backs
- 12.7 Ground-Glass Viewing
- 12.8 Film Holders
- 12.9 Camera Movements
- 12.10 Lens and Shutter Controls
- 12.11 View Camera Bellows
- 12.12 Modular View Cameras and Accessories
- 12.13 Electronic Innovations
- 12.14 Electronic Photography
- 12.15 Computers and Digital Imaging
- 12.16 View Camera Features and Specifications
- 12.17 Contemporary View Cameras and Prices
- 12.18 Table of Features and Specifications
- 12.19 View Camera Lenses
- 13 Applications of View Camera Photography
- Index
Product information
- Title: View Camera Technique, 7th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 1999
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781136093173
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