Stroebel's View Camera Basics
Stroebel's View Camera Basics explains in easy-to-understand language the fundamentals of using a view camera. This heavily illustrated book covers the subjects of view camera characteristics, adjustments, lenses, exposure, film, filters and refinements. Stroebel emphasizes concepts that are important to beginning view camera users, yet will help any view camera user produce the highest quality photographs possible. Attention is given to depth of field, focal length, F-numbers, image contrast and accessories such as tripods. Leslie Stroebel, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus at Rochester Institute of Technology, is well respected as an educator, author and editor. He taught photography for forty four years at RIT where at different times he was Chair of both the Professional Photography Department and Department of Imaging and Photographic Technology.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0240802209
ISBN13:9780240802206
Release Date:August 1995
Publisher:Focal Press
Length:158 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Not as "Basic" as I'd hoped but a good book for interested photographers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I've been interested in View Cameras for a couple of years now, and had debated buying Stroebel's "View Camera Technique" when I saw this title listed. It is a nice book but isn't written for the total novice, it seems to me that you are assumed to know something about photography before you get started. You'll get several chapters on what lenses for these things do (and some examples), details on film and filters and various camera functions but it is a little too technical for the total novice. I was hoping for a book that would show me the various common camera parts in detail, telling what each was and what it did. I'd like more detail on choosing components too. The best chapter, for a near total novice like me, was #7- it had more of the details like I want/need. This book is not a hold your hand guide for the uninformed, it is well written but assumes you do know something about the subject. At the time I got this book it was about $80, $20 more than Stroebel's "View Camera Technique"- which one is best for the novice? I don't know but may get Technique someday as well. I wish I could find something that was really basic!
stroebel is one of the best in this medium...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
this book is the authority for large format enthusists, and it is very easy to understand for the ones just now getting into view cameras!
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