I don't know of a way to create a camera from a view, but a top tip for camera control is to track it to an empty - this gives a scenario similar to Max where you can have a point at / focus point for the camera.

Try this tut http://www.blendernewbies.com/tutorials/video/cam_control/lesson1/cam_control1.html

That said last version of Max I used was 3.1 so I may be disconnected with modern Max :).

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