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%0 Book
%1 cavestudies
%2 Out of print
%T An Introduction to Cave Photography
%A Sheena Stoddard
%D 1994
%C Buxton
%I British Cave Research Association
%P 32
%Z A5, with photos
%N Cave Studies Series 4
%@ ISBN-0-900265-17-5
%3 This volume in the Cave Studies Series is still in stock, with a few copies available. However, please note that it pre-dates the use of digital cameras and may not be relevant to cave photography today. It is probably only of interest as a collectors item.
%X A guide for the caver who wants to begin to take simple photographs underground
%X 
This guide is aimed at the beginner, and does not assume that you are already a keen amateur photographer. The book begins by discussing the equipment you will need. The sophisticated point-and-shoot cameras with which you might be familiar - and which enable anybody to take perfectly exposed photographs on the surface - are of limited use underground. Old-fashioned, manually-operated, second-hand equipment is more likely to survive the abuse from mud, water and rough handling which it will inevitably receive.
%X The book goes on to discuss the care of your equipment underground, choosing a film, calculating the exposure and placing the flashes; and concludes with some 'case studies' of cave photos, lists of suppliers and a bibliography.
%X Cave photography is exacting and often frustrating - the failure rate is high. Your fellow cavers, without whom you cannot work, soon find it a cold and boring occupation. This guide hopes to reduce the failure rate of the novice photographer and to encourage perseverance in a challenging, but rewarding branch of photography.