Cambo 5x4 Monorail

[cameracamera]

another question...
what is a mono-block?

thanks

[jbbooks]

In addition to Steve Simmons’ book on the view camera, you might consider these as part of a basic collection on the subject:

One on the view camera from Kodak,

http://www.amazon.com/Large-Format-P.../dp/0879857714

The first book, The Camera, in the series by Ansel Adams,

http://www.amazon.com/Camera-Ansel-A...0654825&sr=1-1

This is, of course, followed by The Negative and The Print.

While you wait for those, this is available on-line:

http://www.toyoview.com/LargeFrmtTech/lgformat.html

Just using this and looking at the effects on your ground glass will teach you a lot.

And, as someone has already mentioned, there is a lot of information available here:

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/

[ronlamarsh]

Welcome to the club! Jim Stones book and Steve Simmons book are great overviews and have excellent examples of the different movements. That said I gained my greatest knowledge by going out and making mistakes and making great images.