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I've compiled a list of distinguished photography books of general interest, unbashfully partial towards film photography:

 

J Collett & D Collett BLACK & WHITE LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY

 

H Horenstein BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY, 3rd Ed.

 

M Bambert 101 QUICK AND EASY IDEAS TAKEN FROM THE MASTER PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE

 

TWENTIETH CENTURY

 

M F O'Brien & N Sibley THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EYE, Rev. Ed.

 

C Weeks STREET PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE PURIST

 

C Johnson THE PRACTICAL ZONE SYSTEM, 4th Ed.

 

J Berger WAYS OF SEEING

 

Ansel Adams THE CAMERA

 

Ansel Adams THE NEGATIVE

 

Ansel Adams THE PRINT

 

L Stroeble, J Compton, I Current, & R Zakia BASIC PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS AND PROCESSES, 2nd Ed.

 

B J Skuess CREATIVE BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY, Rev. Ed.

 

J D Hayward DRAMATIC BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY

 

H M Merklinger FOCUSING THE VIEW CAMERA

 

H M Merklinge THE INS AND OUTS OF FOCUS

 

D Malacara & Z Malacara, HANDBOOK OF OPTICAL DESIGN, 2nd Ed.

 

J Elkins HOW TO USE YOUR EYES

 

R Kingslake & R B Johnson LENS DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS, 2nd Ed.

 

F Hunter & P Fuqua LIGHT SCIENCE & MAGIC, 2nd Ed.

 

M Galer LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHY, 2nd Ed.

 

R Hicks & F Schultz MEDIUM AND LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHY

 

L Keimig NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

 

D Hurn & B Jay, ON BEING A PHOTOGRAPHER, Rev. 3rd Ed.

 

D Hurn & B Jay, ON LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS

 

A Cristofovici TOUCHING SURFACES

 

P Bourdieu PHOTOGRAPHY A MIDDLE-BROW ART

 

D Campany PHOTOGRAPHY AND CINEMA

 

B Krages PHOTOGRAPHY THE ART OF COMPOSITION

 

T Schirato & J Webb READING THE VISUAL

 

T Tomosy RESTORING CLASSIC & COLLECTIBLE CAMERAS

 

S Simmons USING THE VIEW CAMERA Rev. Ed.

 

S Sontag ON PHOTOGRAPHY

 

J Tagg THE DISCIPLINARY FRAME

 

E Wildi THE MEDIUM FORMAT ADVANTAGE 2nd Ed.

 

J DeMaio, R Worth, & D Curtin THE NEW DARKROOM HANDBOOK

 

P Taminiaux THE PARADOX OF PHOTOGRAPHY

 

G Clarke (Ed.) THE PORTRAIT IN PHOTOGRAPHY

 

C Scott THE SPOKEN IMAGE

 

G Batchen EACH WILD IDEA

 

G Rand ZONE SYSTEM PHOTOGRAPHY

 

J Szarkowski LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS

 

N Goldberg CAMERA TECHNOLOGY

 

L Stroebel VIEW CAMERA TECHNIQUE, 7th Ed.

 

J Stone A USER'S GUIDE TO THE VIEW CAMERA, 3rd Ed.

 

Hope they will be of help.

 

Paul

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"Why People Photograph" and "Beauty in Photography"by Robert Adams are also good ones I did not see listed.

 

This is a list made out of my collection, many books in which are in pdf format. I do not possess, neither do I know, all the photography books of merit. But thanks Dave and the rest of you, anyway.

 

Paul

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Thanks for sharing Paul, a very good list indeed. Do you know this blog by any chance? 5B4

 

Philipus, I appreciate you bringing that blog to my attention. To be honest, I used to be a 'gigapedia.com' reader, until they shut them down. Like many others, I felt like witnessing the Library of Alexandria being burnt down once again!

 

Paul

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There is no such thing as "Analog (or Analogue) photography.

 

John

 

 

I never knew I was doing "analog photography" until "digital photography" showed up. I guess analog means "shooting with a film camera is analog to shooting with an electronic camera in many ways, except the sensor is different".

 

I guess from an analog photographer's perspective, shooting with an electronic camera is literal photography (since literal is the opposite of analog).

 

I also have a literal camera (an M9).

 

Mark

(analog and literal photographer)

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Can anyone recommend for a book for people new to film and want to do their own enlarging and developing?

 

I want to do film alongside digital, and do my own enlarging and developing, but I need a book to instruct me on what to do from the time you take the roll of negatives out of the camera, to when you hang the enlargement on the wall.

 

Any suggestions would be gratefully received!

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Can anyone recommend for a book for people new to film and want to do their own enlarging and developing?

 

I want to do film alongside digital, and do my own enlarging and developing, but I need a book to instruct me on what to do from the time you take the roll of negatives out of the camera, to when you hang the enlargement on the wall.

 

Any suggestions would be gratefully received!

 

Try Langford et al., LANGFORD'S BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY, 9th Ed. Chapters 11-13 are about film processing; the rest of the book is more generic and about digital as well. This is a textbook used by many colleges.

 

However, the best first-time-hands-on guide probably is D. P. Curtin, INTO YOUR DARKROOM STEP BY STEP (1981); I am afraid it is out of print now.

 

Paul

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Try Langford et al., LANGFORD'S BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY, 9th Ed. Chapters 11-13 are about film processing; the rest of the book is more generic and about digital as well. This is a textbook used by many colleges.

 

However, the best first-time-hands-on guide probably is D. P. Curtin, INTO YOUR DARKROOM STEP BY STEP (1981); I am afraid it is out of print now.

 

Paul

 

Many thanks, Atournas

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What do they know? :D

 

I repeat... there is no such thing

John

 

Since I, unintentionally, triggered this digression, let me explain.

 

The main use of the term "analog(ue)" is when a processing unit, be that an electronic circuit or a mechanical device, is fed with a "signal" (electric current, fluid flow, etc.), two amounts of which can be compared in the form of a ratio. 'Analog" is a term coming from the Greek word "analogos" meaning "in proportion". The term has started being used with the advent of digitized signals, usually pulses or bursts. It is not the best terminology for distinguishing the two, but that's what the scientific community uses.

 

The use of the term in photography appeared when the digital cameras became serious rivals. The term refers to the sensor, which is definitely digitized as opposed to the film's sensitive surface which is "continuous" or "analog". It is now an established term, although somewhat misleading.

 

I hope this settles the matter. And, by the way, I am a physicist and I speak Greek.

 

Paul

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The use of the term in photography appeared when the digital cameras became serious rivals. The term refers to the sensor, which is definitely digitized as opposed to the film's sensitive surface which is "continuous" or "analog". It is now an established term, although somewhat misleading.

 

I hope this settles the matter. And, by the way, I am a physicist and I speak Greek.

 

Paul

 

I really don't like the term and won't ever use it. It's film capture and silver printing on the one hand and digital on the other. Hybrid explains the scanned film process.

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Back to the topic of discussion :) thanks for suggesting this book (which I, incredibly, found for a tenner online at St Marys Books).
My pleasure. I also recommend his Looking at Photographs (already listed by Atournas). Perhaps there should be a sticky at the top of the forum page for recommended reads. So dispiriting to walk up to the photography section of a big book store and find nothing but titles like 'Getting Results with your Canon Rebel DSLR' or similar. There are several books in the list above which I didn't know of and will now be chasing down.
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