Camera Fundamentals

A topic within Photography, itself one of 13 topics in that field and part of Visual Arts.

Reading on Camera Fundamentals

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Book1864

The Camera and the Pencil

Marcus Aurelius Root

Sets out the physical operation of the camera alongside its aesthetic possibilities, arguing that photography is a new fine art with its own rules of light and likeness rather than a mechanical shortcut to portraiture.

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Visual Arts · Photography

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Book1890

The Ilford Manual of Photography

C. H. Bothamley

Sets out the camera, lens and dry-plate chemistry as one interlocking system, arguing correct exposure and correct development are inseparable technical decisions rather than two separate crafts.