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Ansel Adams: The Camera (The Ansel Adams Photography Series 1)

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Ansel Adams (1902-1984) produced some of the 20th century's most iconic photographic images and helped nurture the art of photography through his creative innovations and peerless technical mastery.The Camera--the first volume in Adams' celebrated series of books on photographic techniques--has taught generations of photographers how to harness the camera's artistic potential. This time-honored handbook distills the knowledge gained through a lifetime in photography and remains as vital today as when it was first published.Along with visualization, image management, Adams' famous Zone System, and other keys to photographic artistry, The Camera covers 35mm, medium-format, and large-format view cameras, while offering detailed advice on camera components such as lenses, shutters, and light meters. Beautifully illustrated with photographs as well as instructive line drawings, this classic manual belongs on every serious photographer's bookshelf."Adams is a clear-thinking writer whose concepts cannot but help the serious photographer." - New York Times"A master-class kind of guide from an undisputed master." - Publishers WeeklyOver 1 million copies sold. Read more


Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown; Reprint edition (June 1, 1995)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0821221841


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 46


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.42 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1 x 9.45 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #111,607 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #49 in Photography Equipment (Books) #75 in Photography Reference (Books)


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Had to have this classic book from the greatest landscape photographer of all time !!!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 2, 2022 by S. Forman
    • The evolution of the camera.
There was little new in this book having used Peterson's Big Book of Photography years ago as a beginner. What I did gain, along with my wife whose family operated a camera store and photography service for many years, was a great, simplified refresher along with many interesting photos by Ansel Adams giving different perspectives such as more foreground, more sky and other techniques. Cameras have changed lot since the book was written so there was a certain nostalgia remembering the many cameras we used over the years and a few moments of sadness that they are mostly now part of history. We love our Olympus OM D 4 3rds but miss my baby Yashica TLR slides. The book is a treasure for camera lovers. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 26, 2021 by Ron
    • The Big A's View through the camera
Ansel Adams is no longer corporeally walking the earth, calculating exposures and producing photographic visions. But his legacy, his works and his writings live on. And indeed, the Big A was a master of his craft and his written legacy still holds value even in the face of changing technology. Digital cameras have remapped much regarding how photography is done and at Universities, wet photography has been almost entirely dropped from curriculums in favor of digital media technologies. The question might for some be, is what the Big A wrote, still applicable? Yes it is. First, wet photography has not been totally eliminated. It may be argued that there are certain photographic results which cannot be obtained by digital photography that the film camera was capable of. Perhaps. But undoubtedly, obtaining a first hand and masterful knowledge of photography, digital or wet, and in particular what was done to conceive good end images, and technologically achieve those results as Ansel did, is applicable today. It's just done differently. What does not yet exist, is a good masterful book, such as Ansel's, which goes into the detail and breadth to explain how to achieve those similar results with digital media. To that end, I highly recommend Ansel Adams' book series as an intellectual stimulant which every photographer should digest wholly. Afterwards, the digital means to achieving the same levels of image fidelity and adjustments, still based on the zone system, will be at least suggested. Digital photographers exposed to Ansel's views on his craft will then find stimulus to fill in the blanks when attempting similar fidelity and adjustments with digitally obtained photographs. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 16, 2011 by Brian L. Donat
    • Way more than most people could understand or use.
While a lot in this book may seem outdated at first, if you ever want to have any skill at photography and truly control your camera in manual mode everything in this book will be useful. For example the long section on large format view cameras seems outdated (for most users anyways) until you realize it explains in detail the effects of having your lens and film/sensor shifted at different angles or directions to change depth of field and lines of convergence and potential vignetting (relevant for tilt shift lenses). Very in depth explanations of many of the most basic principals and concepts of photography. This is not the DSLR for dummies book. This book really only works as part of the set of three though as they reference each other and build on concepts. It can be a bit dry at times (as in dull) and very technical (he doesn't dumb things down very often) and I would expect retention of the information would be a problem for someone starting from scratch in a single read through. It is a book that likes to explain "why" things in photography happen instead of just telling you that they happen, which is critical to really taking control of your exposures. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 23, 2014 by Patrick Maher
    • great book by a great man
Pure passion and knowledge from one of the most influential photographers of all time. Historical and still holds up today
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 14, 2022 by Skyler merkison
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Is a good book and the picture and the product was diferent.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 30, 2022 by Mr. M
    • Still very relavent if you realy want the fundamentals
This is for those who want learn from A to Z and not miss things along the way. If you want a fundamental understanding of how the camera and lenses work, regardless of image capture technology, this is your book. This is the true student of photographys place to start. If you just bought, or are impatient to buy, a DSLR and want to be competent quickly, this is not your book. There are certainly books more focused on todays technology, telling you what you need to know, and only what you need to know, to use the latest cameras. Such books would also explain the many shortcuts we have access to now that were not available with film. For many of us, that is not enough. It does not seem overly burdened by equipment of years past. It does talk about things that can be done without the equipment limitations many of us didn't know we had. It gives you a working understanding of the camera that you could spend a lifetime exploring. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 17, 2011 by John Duval
    • First step in ascent mastership
This book is first of trilogy of Ansel Adams - one of the greatest aesthetic photography ideologists of 20 century, and this particular edition is the latest, it was edited considering modern tendencies of digital and optics. This book is ideal for neophytes of photography, it explaining all technical fundamentals of photography, including theory and technical aspects, and preparing reader for following parts (negative and print). Book includes very useful intertext system with "links", glossary, a lot of pictures and schemes. The text of book is very clear, straight and not too "pro" and scientific, even few mathematics formulas are very clear (and I'm not a math person at all). This book is essential to any begginer - film or digital, truly bible of photography that raised more than one generation of photographers. Best present for those who are interested in photography and best guide for those who's studying (and probably for those who's teaching as well, to get idea of step-by-step explanation). What is really good about this book that you can always refer to it if you need to clear and refresh any part or formula using glossary or index. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 13, 2012 by Vadim K.

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