LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHY! FOCAL LENGTH & PERSPECTIVE !

PAOLO ROVERSI

METZ+RACINE

TECHNICAL SHIFT CAMERA

DIGITAL MONORAIL CAMERA: LINHOF M679

5X4 FIELD CAMERA: WISTA VX

5X4 MONORAIL CAMERA: HORSEMAN

RICHARD MISRACH

SIMON ROBERTS

JOEL STERNFELD

JOEL STERNFELD

OLIVIER RICHON

TODD McCLELLAN

DAN TOBIN SMITH

CHRIS JORDAN

SIMON WARD

BERND & HILLA BECHER

WHAT WILL YOU NEED?

WISTA FIELD CAMERA HORSEMAN MONORAIL CAMERA LOUPE TRIPOD INSTANT FILM BACK DARK CLOTH CABLE-RELEASE DARKSLIDES CHANGING BAG DUST-OFF WHITE COTTON GLOVES NOTE BOOK & PEN FILM MASKING TAPE SPIRIT LEVEL

VIEW CAMERA CONTROLS: THE LENS

3. SHUTTER COCK LEVER

1. SHUTTER SPEED

4. LENS CLOSE LEVER

5. SHUTTER RELEASE LEVER

2. APERTURE LEVER

EQUIVALENT FOCAL LENGTHS FOR DIFFERENT FILM FORMATS SLR 35mm 28mm 50mm 70mm

Medium Format 6x6 Large Format 5x4 40mm 80mm 120mm 90mm 180mm 240mm

VIEW CAMERA CONTROLS: SET TO ZERO

FRONT-STANDARD

BELLOWS

GROUND-GLASS VIIEWING

CABLE-RELEASE TRIPOD-MOUNT REAR-STANDARD

FIRST STEPS

USE A SPIRIT LEVEL & SET FRONT AND REAR STANDARDS TO ZERO

USE A LOUPE AND A DARK-CLOTH TO FOCUS

FIRST STEPS cont.

IF THE CAMERA MOVES, EVEN SLIGHTLY YOU MUST RE-FOCUS & USE A LOUPE AGAIN. FOCUS IS CRITICAL

VIEW CAMERA PERSPECTIVE CONTROL

VIEW CAMERA BASIC MOVEMENTS: RISE & FALL

SIDE VIEW

TOP VIEW

SIDE VIEW

TOP VIEW

RISE & FALL

SHIFT

TILT

SWING

VIEW CAMERA SHIFT

VIEW CAMERA IMAGE CIRCLE

The Image circle must be considered when employing extreme camera movements. Otherwise vingetting will occur. Always check the corners of the ground glass screen before shooting.

VIEW CAMERA TILT

5x4 DARKSLIDES LOADING FILM

LARGE FORMAT RESOURCE

ROBERT WHITE SILVERPRINT TEAMWORK

LEAF SHUTTER FLASH SYNC AT ALL SPEEDS BUT EXPENSIVE & FRAGILE

FOCAL LENGTH: ANGLE OF VIEW

Increasing Focal Length, whilst keeping the same lens-to-subject distance, increases the magnication, but decreases the angle of view

FOCAL LENGTH: ANGLE OF VIEW

28mm

50mm

85mm

135mm

300mm

500mm

1000mm

FOCAL LENGTH: CAMERA FORMAT

FOCAL LENGTH: PERSPECTIVE

FOCAL LENGTH CHANGES, ! ! CAMERA POSITION STAYS THE SAME

SHORT FOCAL LENGTH LENS FAR FROM SUBJECT

MEDIUM FOCAL LENGTH LENS FAR FROM SUBJECT

LONG LENS FAR FROM SUBJECT

FOCAL LENGTH STAYS THE SAME,! ! CAMERA POSITION CHANGES

SHORT FOCAL LENGTH LENS FAR FROM SUBJECT

SHORT FOCAL LENGTH LENS MEDIUM DISTANCE

SHORT FOCAL LENGTH LENS CLOSE TO SUBJECT