Monorail cameras are the studio workhorses that are still used today in the digital photography age to make many of the images for catalogs, magazines, and advertising around the world.
Monorail camera
Techniques Glossary Monorail camera
A large format camera that is built on rail. Its lens is mounted on a front panel, the film is held in a rear panel and they're connected with bellows.
Monorail camera
Large format camera, constructed on a single rail. Offers the maximum of camera movements.
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Monorail cameras (sometimes called "view" cameras)
These cameras, although they are monorail, are usable in the field because they are not too heavy or bulky. They are generally more precise than the flat bed cameras, the adjustments are easier.
Monorail camera is a sheet film camera, of modular construction, mounted on a rail system to give maximum camera movements.
Montage is a composite picture made from a number of photographs.
While there are many varied designs of large format cameras, there are two basic varieties: the monorail camera, and the field camera.
If you are on a budget and need to buy new (pretty silly, really) then you can buy a new Calumet Cadet 4 x 5 monorail camera for $349.99.
-Rack and pinion focusing - mechanical focusing system used on copying or monorail cameras. A pinion engages a rack on a slide. Focusing is achieved by turning a knob or wheel, which moves the lens or image panel.
Swing back/front
A Photographic term used to describe the movable lens and back panels of most view and monorail cameras. They allow manipulation of perspective and depth of field.
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 See also: Lens, Camera, Monorail, Photograph, Format
  
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