About this title: This is an atrractively priced photography c lassic made accessible to a wider, new audience. It covers e verything from "seeing" the finished photo in advance, to le ns choices. It is illustrated with many of Ansel Adams most famous images. '
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T)
Date Published: 1991-06
ISBN-13:9780821210925ISBN:0821210920
Description: Good. This is a used book in good condition with normal wear and tear and may contain some writing, minor shelf wear and creases. Items are uploaded via ISBN and stock photo may be different from actual book cover. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former owners name inside front cover. Dust jacket is very worn, but other than that the book is in good condition. Reprint. ACCEPTABLE with noticeable wear to cover and pages. Binding intact. read more
Description: 1980. Little, Brown and Co. American. Softback. Book-VG., minor wear to extremities. 9.5x7.5. 203pp. Many b/w photos and line illus. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T)
Date Published: 1991-06
ISBN-13:9780821210925ISBN:0821210920
Description: Very Good in Very Good- jacket. HARDCOVER. Very Good Condition. Binding tight, pages clean. Dust Jacket has some wrinkling to periphery, with small closed tear at upper edge and small nick from upper right corner. Inner covers and free endpapers lightly tanned. Nice copy withal! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T)
Date Published: 1991-06
ISBN-13:9780821210925ISBN:0821210920
Description: Good. Minor edge and corner wear to dust jacket. Minor creases to dust jacket. Dust jacket is in good condition. Minor edge and corner wear to book. Inscribed inside cover. Pages still clean and tight. Book is in good condition. All U.S. orders shipped with tracking numbers and e-mail confirmations. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NYGS, Boston, MA
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780821210925ISBN:0821210920
Description: Near Fine/Very Good+ 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall 0-8212-1092-0 Tight clean text with b & w pictures; dj has several tiny black specks on front panel. read more
Edition: 2 REV ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780821221846ISBN:0821221841
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 224 pages. (224 pages) this photography text covers "seeing" the finished photograph in advance, lens choices, the major different types of camera, accessories, light meters, shutters and specialist equipment. photographs, 40 drawings edition 2 rev ed (Paperback) read more
Edition: Stated 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York Graphic Society, Boston
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780821210925ISBN:0821210920
Description: Illustrated. Very Good++ in Fine jacket. Lg8vo. Stated 1st of Book I in the New Ansel Adams Photography Series. Several spots of coffee stain along gutter of front endpapers, all else fine. Dust jacket NOT price clipped ($16.50). read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: New York Graphic Society, Boston
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780821210925ISBN:0821210920
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Ex-library copy. 203 pp., hardcover in dj in mylar. Library stamps and pocket inside, else near fine. read more
"Ansel Adam's book, entitled, very simply, "The Camera," is about just that: the camera. However, it is perhaps the most readable, most in-depth exploration of the camera in its many forms I have ever seen. I have learned more over the course of about a week from this book than I did from months of formal classes. Ansel Adams is, if anything, thorough.
He covers, of course, the 35mm camera, perhaps the most popular type of camera on the market, but actually devotes the majority of his space to large format cameras, due both to his familiarity with the type and its complexity. As one who is moderately well-versed in the use of the 35mm camera, I found many of his comments very enlightening, particularly on the problems one can run into and what causes them - distortion, chromatic aberration, parallax, etc. He mentions how to fix them, but does not dwell on it - I believe he intends for the reader to learn from experience.
I only rated the book at 3 stars because, as helpful and informative as the book is, it is exceedingly dry. So dry that, at times, I had to stop reading it. I would look through the beautiful pictures in the book (many of them his own) and, refreshed, would be able to continue on. Rather than reading through the book, I felt I was slogging through it at times. So, if you are looking for an excellent resource in layman's terms, this is for you. If readability (that is to say, the good character of the writing) is an important factor, I'm not sure this is the best choice."
"The Camera wasn't an entirely unhelpful resource. There are many chapters devouted to what basically amounts to glorified list-making. A lot on hardware and scant little on technique. Really, I wanted more on technique than what's offered here. I should have known beforehand that the book, which was published originally in 1980, would be filled with page upon page of somewhat antiquated information from a practical standpoint. I am not going to be using many--if any--of the cameras or equipment mentioned in The Camera, but the information does have some value as a historical primer of sorts."
"A must read for any photographer. It describes just about every aspect (except of course the principles of a digital camera sensor) of cameras and how to manipulate them for better pictures."
"I read this book years ago when it seemed the ultimate authority on the instruments used to catch light. It still is.
Ansel was not a humble nor a quiet man, but he was an extraordinary influence in elevating photography to an Art. He speaks with confidence, as among the ultimate authorities on this subject.
St Ansel also wrote about The Negative and The Print. They are also encyclopedic in their scope and accuracy."
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