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55. View Camera Movements

Fred Newman

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basic movementts for view cameras

20 Comments

Hi Duncan - Quick tip - figure your 35mm focal lens & multiply by 3. So a 50mm lens in 35mm is a 150mm lens for 4x5. Good portrait lens would be 210mm & a good normal would be a 150 or a 135mm. A good wide angle might be a 90mm or a 120mm.

@viewcamerastore Creator 11 years ago

Hi jhon gris - Yes the Shen Hao PTB is a good camera to take portraits with. I would recommend getting a 210mm lens and a fresnel for easier focusing.

@rwl7532 9 years ago (edited)

The ground glass view is very helpful. Thanks, Fred!! Other YouTube presentations are words and hands waving... Fred rocks!

@jason19920816ify 12 years ago

Fred,I really appreciated for your video of demonstrating view camera movements,I've been trying to take photos through view camera and finally found a great clip.

@kyleblind 11 years ago

This was wonderful thank you! This is the first video I've seen that shows what the movements do from the ground glass perspective.

@viewcamerastore Creator 12 years ago

Thank you for all your comments. I have found a place that I can have my PDFs available for photographers: http://issuu.com/frednewmanphotography/docs/view_camera_basics1

I am planning to add more PDFs - instructions for the 4x5 BTZS tubes and articles from Phil Davis & me from Photo Techniques magazine.

@MrShobar 11 years ago

Nice discussion, Fred. Many thanks.

@norbertstepien9185 12 years ago

Hi Fred, great video that really simplifies the whole process of large format camera movements.

@abakken8218 10 years ago

Great resource for new 4x5 photographers! Thank you!

@NMrick505 13 years ago

Wow....great....in less than 10 minutes you've covered the basics. Like you said, now it's time to go out and practice.

@sander27able 11 years ago

Great Tutorial, thank you!

@viewcamerastore Creator 13 years ago

Hi Rick - Thank yo for your comment.

@bcelasun 9 years ago

Thank you, Fred. This video has been of great help.

@tor1302 10 years ago

Perfect to the point introduction!

@viewcamerastore Creator 13 years ago

Hi Huddliethegreat - Yes the lens is being tilted forward. Fred

@viewcamerastore Creator 11 years ago

Hi Douglas De Franceschi - Thank you for watching my videos & you comments. I was trying to take some of the mystery out of view camera movements. Fred

@MichaelFinder 10 years ago

Excellent video Fred. Thank you so much for emailing the PDF on view camera movements. I have watched the video three times now and always found something I missed the last time. Kind regards Michael.