A very early type of camera but still used today by professionnal photographers.
A view camera is basicaly a light-tight box bellow with a film sheet or plate at one end and a lens at the other. The image is composed and focused on a groundglass. To take the picture the glass is replaced with a sheet of film in a film holder.
The lens and film aren't fixed parallel to each other, this allow perspective correction.
Generally view camera are build for large film format 4x5 inches or more.
The pros of view camera are :
- Large Film Format lalow very high picture quality.
- Perspective correction
The cons of view camera are :
- Size, weight
- Totally inadequate for action photography