A User's Guide to the View Camera, 3rd Edition

Table of Contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright Page
5. Table of Contents
6. PREFACE
7. 1 INTRODUCTION
   1. What Is a Camera?
   2. Why Use a View Camera?
8. 2 THE CAMERA
   1. The Monorail View Camera
9. 3 USING YOUR CAMERA
   1. THE BASICS
      1. Mounting the Camera
      2. Positioning the Camera
      3. Framing and Focusing
      4. Making the Exposure
   2. ADVANCED CAMERA CONTROL
      1. Swings and Tilts
      2. Controlling Perspective: Back Movements
      3. Controlling Plane of Focus: Lens Movements
      4. Depth of Field
      5. More About Perspective
      6. Setting Up a Photograph: A Complete Sequence
      7. Base vs. Axis Tilts
      8. Exposure Compensations
10. 4 FILM AND DEVELOPMENT
    1. THE FILM SYSTEM
       1. The Advantages of the Film System
       2. Sheet Film Storage
       3. Loading the Film
       4. Exposing the Film
    2. DEVELOPING THE FILM
       1. The Custom Lab and Quantity Processing
       2. Small-Volume Methods
       3. Storing Negatives
       4. Printing
11. 5 LENSES AND SHUTTERS
    1. LENSES
       1. Coverage
       2. Angle of View
       3. How Lenses Influence Perspective
    2. SHUTTERS
       1. The Focal-Plane Shutter
       2. The Leaf Shutter
       3. Shutter Synchronization
       4. The Diaphragm
       5. Behind-the-Lens Shutters
12. 6 CAMERAS
    1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VIEW CAMERA
       1. Descendants of the Flatbed Camera
       2. Reflex Cameras
    2. THE ELECTRONIC VIEW CAMERA
13. 7 MORE ABOUT LENSES
    1. The Anatomy of a Lens
    2. A HISTORY OF LENS DESIGN
    3. MODERN LENS DESIGN
14. 8 ACCESSORIES AND OPTIONS
    1. Accessories
    2. Instant-Picture Films
    3. Optional Camera Parts
15. 9 MAINTENANCE
    1. Lenses
    2. Shutters
    3. Film Holders
    4. Bellows
    5. Tripods
16. PHOTO CREDITS
17. INDEX