Assumes no previous understanding of photography, no familiarity with technical terminology. To meet the needs of the novice as well as those of the advanced photographer, this book is multilayered. It begins with the basic parts of a camera and the relative merits of different types, and goes on to explain the scientific underpinnings of photography - why some lenses focus sharply over a wider range of distances than others, why distortion occurs with one kind of shutter and not with another. Includes an Index.

(Key Words: Cameras, Photography, Lenses, Perspective, Focal Length, Daguerreotypes).