Introduction E versinceMichaelLangford'sbook,AdvancedPhotographywasfirstpublishedin1969,the bookhasinspiredandeducatedmanythousandsofphotographers. Langford'sAdvancedPhotography,8 th edition,coversawiderangeoftopicsfrom photographicequipmentandprocessestoimagemanipulation,archivingandstorageofboth silverhalideanddigitalimages.Inmostcasesthechaptershavebeendesignedtoberead independentlyandnotnecessarilyinthesequencetheywerewritten.Eachchapterconcludes withashortsummaryandyoucanexerciseyourknowledgeofthesubjectbyimplementing someoftheprojectsgiven. Thedigitalphotographicindustryhasseenunprecedentedgrowthoverthelasttenyears. Thishasbeenprimarilyduetotheavailabilityofhighqualityelectronicimagingdevicesand fastandaffordablecomputingpoweranddigitalstorage.Asaresult,digitalphotographyhas displacedtraditionalsilverhalidefilmcaptureinmanyareasofthephotographicprofession. Inthe8 th editionofthebookthecontenthasbeenupdatedandrestructured,placingemphasis ondigitalphotographywhilemaintainingupdatedchaptersonsilverhalidephotographic equipmentandtechniques.Thechaptersincludemorephotographsanddiagrams. Thefirstchapterofthebookisonbasictheoryofcolour,itsreproductionandcontrol. Updatedchaptersoncamerasandlensesfollowwhichnowincludemoredetailedinformation ondigitalcameraandlenssystems.Controloflightingisessentialforhighqualityphotographs,