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An 8x10 large format camera is a camera which exposes images onto eight inch by ten inch pieces of film.. They tend to be very large, slow and expensive to use. Currently the cost of a single exposure of color film with processing be be around $12USD. This comes at the benefit of an incredible amount of detail being captured which allows for very large prints to be made with minimal lose of image quality.
Some notable contemporary photographers who use 8x10 cameras would be Joel Sternfeld, Stephen Shore and Alec Soth.
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Some other advantage to using an 8x10 format camera are that the part of the camera that holds the lens and the part that holds the film can be moved independently. In addition to focusing these "standards" can be turned and tilted. This results in the image projected onto the ground-glass in the back of the camera where the film will be placed to produce an image which is distorted relative to having the front and rear standards in their straight "home" position. This "distortion" may allow a greater area of the view to be in focus and/or "correct" optical illusions which may make vertical or horizontal lines appear to converge.
Pointing a camera with a wide angle lens upwards or downwards even slightly at a building for example will make the vertical lines appear to converge. By tipping the rear standard this can be corrected "in-camera" so the once converging verticals are again parallel.
Another advantage in comparison to smaller cameras of similar design is that the working area on the rear of the camera is much larger making it sometimes easier to compose as well as check focus and corrections (see above).
Note that these types of camera systems like all cameras invert the image so it is seen on the ground glass in the rear of the camera upside down. The image is also reversed. Subject on the left view in front of the camera are projected to the right side of the rear of the camera (as viewed from the back of the camera). This can both aid in formal design composition as well as disorient the photographer in viewing the subject. Smaller format cameras use a prism to correct this in the viewfinder so the subject area appears as one sees it with the eye (the image on the back of your eye is also upside down and reversed, but is corrected in your brain).
The Bellows is the flexible container between the standards which maintains a dark space between the lens and the film plane. The longer the space between the standards and the more the bellows is extended the dimmer the image projected on the film plane. This effects not only the exposure but also the ability to see the projection on the ground-glass for focusing and corrections. The closer the lens is to the subject, the longer the bellows needs to be. Also longer focal length lenses require more space between the lens and film-plane.
Conversely extremely wide angle lenses may require the use of a smaller special bellows called a bag bellows as the standards are much closer together.
Lenses used on the 8x10 format must be able to project a circle of illumination equal or in excess of 10" to cover the entire film plane. If the standards are offset to aid focus, composition or correct perspective this may require an even larger area to be covered. A typical less for this format may be described not in millimeters but in inches. A 12" lens (300mm) is roughly equivalent to the standard or normal 150mm lens on 4x5, 80mm on Medium format and 50mm lens on 35mm format (full frame).
Many of the advantages on 8x10 format can be replicated on the smaller but similar format of 4x5. Several manufacturers now make digital backs suitable for use on 4x5 camera systems. This provides most if not all of the advantages of 8x10.
The ability to movie standards to some degree can be replicated in digital post production. Perspective correction can be made easily and selective focus can be applied to images where the entire field or most of it is captured in focus. This has allowed smaller formats including both Medium format as well as "Small Format" digital DSLRs to compete.
8x10 may well disappear entirely as the manufacturers of films for the format discontinue production due to lack of demand. Older stock of film, and hand made glass film plates may allow the format to survive but likely only as an "art format" and no longer used commercially.
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What type of camera did Berenice Abbott use?
She used a large format camera.
What kind of camera did yousuf karsh use?
he used an 8x10 bellows Calmut
Will a 35mm professional grade digital camera produce images comparable in quality to those produced with a 8x10 Wisner Technical Field View Camera loaded with Ilford FP-4 Plus developed in PMK?
Comparable, Yes, but they have no hope of matching the detail using one exposure. Exposure to print would be so much simpler with the digital. Since 8x10 enlargers are not terribly common, a contact print is usually all that is done. At 8x10 size the digital could equal or better the 8x10 negatives print in both archival characteristics and simplicity. No need to even get your hands wet! A print bigger than 8x10 would be phenomenally better if done from the 8x10 neg and using the enlarger. ******* If you are considering such a camera, there is a lot more at stake than technical image quality which you allude to. I feel safe in saying no 35mm camera will provide the control possible with the field camera, and then there is the whole purist thing. Perhaps you have read this essay? http://www.wisner.com/digital.htm
Three prepress image capture devices?
Three examples of prepress image capture devices are drum scanner, flatbed scanner, and scanning back for large format camera. The price of changing a print image during prepress is normally 10% of what it would cost on press.
What happens when you format your camera?
When you format the memory in a digital camera, any photos that have been stored on that memory will be erased. The memory is also set up by the camera's software to store new photos.
What type of camera did Berenice Abbott use?
She used a large format camera.
What are the disadvantages of the large format camera?
Every thing is way too blurry
What kind of camera did yousuf karsh use?
he used an 8x10 bellows Calmut
What do you call the kind of camera for taking stills?
Any camera should do the job to one degree or another, but I suspect you are thinking of a large format camera (the type with a bellows mounted lens, where the photographer goes under a cloth attached to the camera).
When was the large format camera first used?
Well actually believe it or not it was used for during a porno. true fact
Will a 35mm professional grade digital camera produce images comparable in quality to those produced with a 8x10 Wisner Technical Field View Camera loaded with Ilford FP-4 Plus developed in PMK?
Comparable, Yes, but they have no hope of matching the detail using one exposure. Exposure to print would be so much simpler with the digital. Since 8x10 enlargers are not terribly common, a contact print is usually all that is done. At 8x10 size the digital could equal or better the 8x10 negatives print in both archival characteristics and simplicity. No need to even get your hands wet! A print bigger than 8x10 would be phenomenally better if done from the 8x10 neg and using the enlarger. ******* If you are considering such a camera, there is a lot more at stake than technical image quality which you allude to. I feel safe in saying no 35mm camera will provide the control possible with the field camera, and then there is the whole purist thing. Perhaps you have read this essay? http://www.wisner.com/digital.htm
What format did August Sander use?
August Sander used a large format Plaubel plate camera (13 x 18 cm) with Zeiss lenses and orthochromatic plates with light filter. He may have used other cameras, but his body of work was created with large format cameras.
Where can one find a Large Format Flatbed Scanner?
Large format flatbed scanners are scanners that are able to scan large source documents. One can purchase such scanners from some stationery stores such as ColorTrac as well as from online mega-retailers such as Amazon.
What file types are generated by an hdr camera?
An HDR camera generates files in the MPEG format. However, it is possible to alter the format of video productions by changing the settings in the camera.
How do you remove a folder in your camera?
There should be an option somewhere in your camera called "format"
What is the camera size on the iPhone 4S?
The camera is 8 megapixels and has a 2.4 aperture lets in more light, has 60% more megapixels than the iPhone 4 and allows prints as big as 8x10.
Three prepress image capture devices?
Three examples of prepress image capture devices are drum scanner, flatbed scanner, and scanning back for large format camera. The price of changing a print image during prepress is normally 10% of what it would cost on press.
