Editing Ansel Adams (section)

== Camera equipment ==
Most of Adams' best known images were taken with 8x10 and 4x5 [[view camera]]s. He also used a variety of other negative formats, from 35mm and medium format roll film through less common formats such as [[Polaroid type 55]] and 7x17 panoramic cameras.

The 1958 documentary ''Ansel Adams, Photographer'', narrated by [[Beaumont Newhall]], gives an overview of Adams's toolkit at the time, with some examples of his camera outfits including:
* 8 x 10 view camera, 20 holders, 4 lenses - 1 [[Cooke Optics|Cooke]] [[Convertible lens|Convertible]], 1 ten-inch Wide Field Ektar, 1 9-inch Dagor, one 6-3/4-inch Wollensak wide angle.
* 7 x 17 special panorama camera with a Protar 13-1/2-inch lens and five holders.
* 4 x 5 view camera, 6 lenses - 12-inch Collinear, 8-1/2 APO Lantar, 9-1/4 APO Tessar, 4-inch Wide Field Ektar, Dallmeyer London Telephoto

Adams mounted a platform on the roof of his car to allow him to take images with the view cameras from an elevated point of view.<ref>{{Citation |title=Ansel Adams, Photographer (1958) narrated by Beaumont Newhall | date=August 26, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-BhJQqHXfQ |language=en |access-date=July 18, 2022}}</ref>