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View Camera Technique (Hardcover)

~ Leslie Stroebel (Author)
Key Phrases: horizontal subject lines, parallel subject lines, image nodal plane, Camera Back Universal, Back Fine Focus, Maximum Ext (more...)

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"View Camera Technique is in an astounding seventh edition...there's good reason for this perpetuity. This is a book that you will reference again and again." Shutterburg Feb 2000 -- Review

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"View Camera Technique is in an astounding seventh edition...there's good reason for this perpetuity. This is a book that you will reference again and again." Shutterburg Feb 2000

"When you are a regular user of a view camera, View Camera Technique can save you a lot of money and frustration." - www.photocrack.com

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Hardcover: 344 pages
Publisher: Focal Press; 7th edition (April 14, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0240803450
ISBN-13: 978-0240803456
Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #263,229 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
horizontal subject lines, parallel subject lines, image nodal plane, view camera adjustments, lens shortcomings, maximum bellows extension, maximum diaphragm opening, view camera features, short object distances, back nodal point, view camera users, positive supplementary lens, reversal color film, film diagonal, image nodal point, view camera lenses, flatbed cameras, lens swing, universal shutter, lens board, wedge spectrogram, monorail view cameras, desired image size, tripod block, camera bed

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Camera Back Universal, Back Fine Focus, Maximum Ext, Minimum Ext, Readyload Holder, Zone System, Bellows Flatbed, New York, Color Scan, Digital Camera Back Misc, Phase One, Super Angulon, Kodak Ektachrome, Rosenberg Figure, Arca-Swiss F-Metric, Linhof Kardan, Cambo Legend, Eastman Kodak Company, Focal Press, Range Flange Focal Distance Image Circle, United States, French Daguerreotype, Gowland Pocket View, Grand Central Terminal, Dicomed Linear

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Electronic Imaging for Photographers by Adrian Davies on page 282, and page 288
Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, Third Edition by Richard D. Zakia on page 2
Eye, Film, and Camera in Color Photography by Ralph M. Evans on page 43
Diary of a Century: 2 by Jacques-Henri Lartigue on page 76
Exposure Manual by Jack F. Dunn on page 173

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Applied Photographic Optics, Third Edition by Sidney Ray BSc MSc ASIS HonFBIPP FMPA HonFRPS on page 504

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5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading, July 30, 2000

By	Allan Engelhardt "Just Another Reader" (Bedfordshire, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is THE work on view cameras. Probably the most comprehensive single-volume work, it should be required reading for everybody.

It does not cover all the latest models (use the internet for that) but view cameras have not changed fundamentally in decades. The work covers all basic and intermediate topics, as well as many advanced techniques.

A book to read and re-read several times.

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5.0 out of 5 stars THE authority., June 11, 2004

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This is THE reference standard for view camera photography. Prof. Strobel fully explains the different types of view cameras and how to best take advantage of the bellows and various camera movements. This book first appeared in 1967 and has only gotten better with each printing. Prof. Strobel was one of my professors at RIT 30 years ago and I still find myself using his excellent book as a reference.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The seminal book on view camera technique. Required reading!, May 7, 1999

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This is a book you read when you first get into large format photography and still pull off the shelf years later. This book has all the hardcore technical details and is still totally accessible to the first timer. If you only own one book on view camera technique, own this one.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Bible of Large Format Photography
View Camera Technique is the most comprehensive, detailed and informative text I have found on the large format camera. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Reed Sherar

4.0 out of 5 stars View Camera Technique - 7th edition
A well written book from Focal Press (Elsevier) which contains a tremendous collection of information/detail on view cameras. Read more

Published 20 months ago by Craig D. Eastman

4.0 out of 5 stars A college course on photography
This is more than just a book on view cameras. Its also a complete treatise on optics, film chemistry, and exposure considerations. Read more

Published 21 months ago by granger

2.0 out of 5 stars This Book Needs Updating or Another Publisher
This 7th Edition was published in 1999, but a good bit of the material seems to date from an earlier era. Read more

Published on February 24, 2007 by David McAllister

3.0 out of 5 stars Too complete
I probably found this book too complete; sure Prof. Stroebel gives all concepts for large format photography, but in my opinion all these concepts are put in the book one near the... Read more

Published on February 11, 2005 by Bix

5.0 out of 5 stars The "Complete" book on photogrpahy
View Camera Technique is a fantastic, all encompassing book covering not only view cameras, but all aspects of photography. Read more

Published on April 24, 2004 by Piero N. Rocca

4.0 out of 5 stars Not many books on the subject.
There are not many books on the subject and this one is probably one of the best, along with "Using the view camera" by S. Simmons. Read more

Published on March 30, 2000 by Paul Schilliger

5.0 out of 5 stars Nuts to Bolts - Everything you want know
When anyone asks me what book they should read about how to use a view camera, I recommend Stroebel's View Camera Technique. Read more

Published on March 19, 2000 by David N. VanMeter

5.0 out of 5 stars A great reference source.
An essential reference source, not only for view cameras, but for understanding all types of photography. You will use it frequently. Certainly one to own.

Published on November 20, 1999 by Michael Tupps

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