Les Strobel's VIEW CAMERA BASICS and VIEW CAMERA TECHNIQUE are important, basic
but thorough books. If you read and follow these you won't make too many
mistakes. There are other, more involved, books but these are great
foundations.
Both are available used very reasonably athttp://www.abebooks.com Always ;
check abe first when buying a book. I saved a friend and associate of mine, a
renowned architectural historian, who wrote the text for my book, BARBARDOS
CHATTEL HOUSES, many $ when I introduced him to abe. His bookseller in London
wanted 30 pounds sterling plus shipping for a book that he got from abe for
about $5 US plus shipping.
FYI I photographed more than 100 chattel houses with my 8X10 for this book. A
minor exercise in view camera technique! LOL!!!
On April 22, 2019 at 12:19 PM mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Well I got some lens boards made. While I was in the process, I decided
to make four. One I will use now and three I will stick back for when I add
lenses later. Took more grinding than expected, but then again I went to a
guy for some advise on welding once. The advise I got was to buy a quality
grinder. He wasn't wrong.
About to punch the hole in one for the lens, and do a bit of extra
filing. After that its the final coats of paint and it will be ready for the
lens. Step forward
Also stopped through Barnes an Noble this morning. That has so changed.
There was almost nothing there on analog photography and nothing at all
related to large format. I know a lot of this is going to hands on learning,
and there is nothing that can replace time behind ground glass. I also have
already figured out that this could get expensive if all the learning was
done trial and error. Any recommendations for good books related to large
format photography. I am just about to re read Ansel Adams, "The Camera"
just as a matter of course. Yet going through my mind, I don't remember much
if anything I have that goes into any depth with large format cameras. A $30
book just might save $300 in film and a lot of frustration to learn the same
things.
The other next step is to find the necessary cables so the flash can be
used. Might have to get a PC to hot shoe adapter, but will see what is
available and what I can do to get some flexibility on the flash side of
things.
Thanks again for the help
Mark
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