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Large format is the bread and butter tool of the professional advertising and commercial photographer. Its a big beast that takes a massive 5x4inch or 10x8inch negative. This format is often demanded by clients for use on billboards or in calendars. This type of camera has a range of film and lens movements that increase flexibility of the system making them a perfect choice for architectural photographers.
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A medium/large format camera with a fold-out baseboard that supports the lens board and bellows.
A large format camera that is built on rail. Its lens is mounted on a front panel, the film is held in a rear panel and they're connected with bellows.
A medium or large format camera that uses a ground glass screen positioned at the film plane to view the image. Theyre also known as field cameras.
An adaptor that fits onto the back of a large format camera to allow roll-film to be used back. Also used on many medium format cameras to allow film to be changed mid-roll.
When you adjust the lens or film standard of a large format camera by tilting
it sideways and then follow by applying swing to the same standard you’ll find
that it will not be parallel in any axis to the other standard. To ensure sharp
focus you then need to make multiple adjustments. A camera with yaw free
movements allows the photographer to tilt and swing either standard without
having to re-adjust after.
A film holder, named after the company who made the first instant film. It fits on the back of a medium-format camera or slides into a large format film holder that takes instant-picture material.
Bag-shaped bellows that are used to allow unrestricted camera movements with a wide-angle lens attached to a large-format view camera.
Camera movement usually found on large format cameras that allows the front lens panel to shift sideways parallel to the film plane.
The image area that a lens covers that will produce good even exposure and sharpness. This should exceed the film format area to ensure theres no fall off at the edges. Also the covereing power needs to be large if a camera with lens movements is used.
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