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Film - Digital

View Camera

the image on the ground glass is will be upside down and backwards,
the film is focused often under a black cloth  
Unlike a 35 mm camera, in which the back and lens are always parallel, the lens board and film plane can be adjusted independently of each other with the view camera.  This allows control over image shape, perspective distortion and depth of field.  Movements to achieve this include, rise, fall, shift, and swing
and the film is developed differently than roll film

 

 

 

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