Editing Field camera

{{Short description|View camera that can be folded in a compact size}}
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[[Image:Vageeswari Camera - 8,5×15”.jpg|thumb|right|[[Vageeswari camera|Vageeswari]] Foldable 8,5×15” Vageeswari Camera]]
[[Image:Linhof img 1876.jpg|thumb|right|[[Linhof]] Technika IV Field camera]]
A '''field camera''' is a [[view camera]] that can be folded in a compact size. Modern designs are little different from the first folding field cameras from the 19th century. In general they have more limited [[View camera#Movements|camera movements]] than [[monorail camera]]s, but when folded are relatively compact and portable.

Modern field cameras originate from the early interlocking box cameras of the 19th century. Rather than the wooden box used in 19th-century cameras, modern models substitute bellows to reduce the bulk of the cameras and make them easier to use outside the studio.  

Although they have less flexibility than [[monorail camera]]s, modern field cameras tend to have most camera movements for the front standard, i.e. lens rise/fall/shift/tilt/swing, but are usually more limited in back movements, sometimes having only tilt/swing.  

They usually use [[sheet film]], in sizes from 6x9cm (2.4×3.6") to 20×24 inches (e.g., the [[Polaroid 20×24 camera]]), but the most popular "standard" sizes are 4×5 and 8×10 inches. They are usually used by photographers who need the larger negative sizes and the portability.

==See also==
*[[Silvestri camera|Silvestri]]
*[[Linhof]]
*[[Deardorff]]
*[[Vageeswari Camera|Vageeswari]]

== External links ==

* [http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam/ Field cameras of the United States] an in depth look at field cameras from the 19th and 20th century.


[[Category:Cameras by type|Field camera]]
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