This guide to current and past camera formats, ranging from 6 x 4.5 to 6 x 17, provides an illustrated overview of medium-format equipment and applications and explains how recent automation has made medium-format work easier than ever. The author gives a brief history and definition of medium-format photography, describes its advantages, and then shows how to choose the right camera and lenses to meet specific photographic needs. Other chapters in this book cover composition, exposure and lighting, and special applications are addressed in an appendix that also includes a chart of all medium-format systems currently manufactured. Lief Ericksenn is the author of Adventures in Closeup Photography and The Long Lens Book.