What is the best type of camera to use for taking professional photographs for a subject such as architecture?

-- Karen Burgess (kburgess@stclairc.on.ca), September 27, 1999

Answers

There's really no single best camera in general- that's a subjective question. For architecture you can go several ways. A 35mm SLR may be used with a PC (perspective control) lens that allows you to prevent distortion that would otherwise occur when your camera is angled such that the film plane is not parallel with the plane of your subject i.e. a wall or beam. The best quality result for this type of photography is probably best with a view camera that is set up on a rail that allows perspective control such that the film plane position is adjustable independently of the lens position.

-- Asher (schachter@a1.tch.harvard.edu), September 27, 1999.

I agree. You hae to fully define what you are trying to do. Then that MIGHT narrow it down to at least a given format. But as to the BEST camera, it is the one that you have, that does the job you need it to do.

-- Terry Carraway (TCarraway@compuserve.com), September 29, 1999.