Photography

General photography

It doesn't matter if your using a film camera or a digital camera, some things remain constant between them

Protecting your investment Keeping fungus away from your cameras?
What isDepth of Field?
do compact digital cameras have better DOf than other cameras?
view finders and how they can help or hinder you
using your digital camera in exposing your film rather than a spot meter, have 5 million spots :-)
playing with pinhole cameras

Large format things

There are some common calculations for photography that large format photographers often need and to make your life in the field you can drop this software onto your Palm OS PDA. If you don't already have one, you can get them on ebay pretty cheap nodays. This software isn't really for the novice (although I found it handy when I started), it covers many calculations which are essential for topics such as:

depth of field calculation
bellows factor calculations for closeups

To give you some idea of I've put a copy of the instructions here as even if you're not using it, its definately worth reading the instructions as these really explain many things you may not be aware of.

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