A User’s Guide to the View Camera

Third Edition

By Jim Stone

Focal Press – 2016 – 166 pages

This reissued third edition of A User’s Guide to View Camera

introduces photographers to large-format cameras, covering their use

with both film and digital capture. Readers will learn the anatomy of

cameras with a separately adjustable back or front, the proper

techniques for using view cameras, and how to take care of large-format

cameras—all through straightforward and practical instruction and

abundant visual examples. This latest edition features:

• Practical approaches to mastering lenses, shutters, accessories, and the ever-important maintenance of your view camera

• Tips for both simple operation and advanced control of the camera,

including film holders, bellows, and tripods, and film handling and

development

• A section on digital equipment, offering updates on the nearly 200-year-long history of the view camera