If you really want to explore photography, build a camera. It's a great marriage of woodworking, metal working, an understanding of optics, the chemistry of photography and the creativity of an artist.
This series of articles, originally published in 1901, will show you how to test photographic lenses, build modern half-plate cameras, whole-plate and studio cameras, hand and pocket cameras, ferrotype (tintype) cameras, stereoscopic (3-D like Viewmaster cameras, enlarge cameras, make dark slides, exposure shutters and even camera tripod stands.
You won't be shown how to grind lenses or process film. This is about building the equipment. The details on bellows making are rare enough to make the book worth having.
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