The View Camera: Resources

The View Camera: Resources

Sites

http://www.viewcamera.com/
View Camera Magazine, The Journal of Large-Format Photography. The articles are great, and so are the ads-- expecially if you are thinking of buying one of these cameras. A rare contemporary look at current practice with these wonderful tools.

Books

View Camera Technique
by Leslie Stroebel Focal Press. Available from Amazon.com. This is a classic, and will provide you with more than enough to keep you busy for years.

A User's Guide to the View Camera by Jim Stone
Prentice Hall.Amazon.com.
The most contemporary of these books, this is also the thinnest in content. Look for a deal on it used.

The Camera by Ansel Adams
Bulfinch. Amazon.com.
If you have never read the Ansel Adams Basic Photo series of books, this is a great place to start. Along with his photographic contributions, Ansel Adams was also a great writer and he shared much of what he had learned about the craft in these books. Even more important, especially if you are serious about the Zone System...

The Negative by Ansel Adams
Bulfinch. Amazon.com