Collecting and Using Classic Cameras

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COLLECTING AND USING CLASSIC CAMERAS IVOR MATANLE • With 320 illustrations The golden age of the miniatűré camera spanned somé forty-five years, from the gradual eclipse of the vintage plate camera and the advent of the Leica in the mid1920s to the beginnings of the era of Japanese dominance and the widespread introduction of piastics and eiectronics at the end of the 1960s. This was the age of :the classic camera, when optical innovation and rugged craftsmanship combined with precision engineering to produce photographic equipmént of great quality, enduring appeal and beguiling originality. Today, the cameras of the classic era are prized by collectors and users alike. This exhaustive and practical guide to collecting and using classic cameras covers, among other subjects: • Descriptions of the principal makes and models on the markét - not only the European classics, but alsó those from the United States and Japan - and the advantages and disadvantages of each • Assessments of the... Tovább

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COLLECTING AND USING CLASSIC CAMERAS IVOR MATANLE • With 320 illustrations The golden age of the miniatűré camera spanned somé forty-five years, from the gradual eclipse of the vintage plate camera and the advent of the Leica in the mid1920s to the beginnings of the era of Japanese dominance and the widespread introduction of piastics and eiectronics at the end of the 1960s. This was the age of :the classic camera, when optical innovation and rugged craftsmanship combined with precision engineering to produce photographic equipmént of great quality, enduring appeal and beguiling originality. Today, the cameras of the classic era are prized by collectors and users alike. This exhaustive and practical guide to collecting and using classic cameras covers, among other subjects: • Descriptions of the principal makes and models on the markét - not only the European classics, but alsó those from the United States and Japan - and the advantages and disadvantages of each • Assessments of the cameras' reliability, investment value and potentiel as the basis of a system • How to test end check for faults or evidence of inexpert repairs • Comparisons of camera bodies, lenses and accessories, and the suitability of different systems for particular kinds of photography • Advice on photographic technique, the choice of film, the use of filters and processing. Valuable appendices include: • Collectors' and users' societies, dealers and speciálist publications • Lists of the major manufacturers, marques and models • Sources of materials and accessories. The information is accompanied by more than three hundred photographs of the cameras and accessories themselves, as well as photographic examples of the work for which each is best fitted - many of them taken by the very cameras illustrated. The author7s deep involvement with classic cameras - as dealer, photographer, writer and collector - has made him uniquely qualified to produce this authoritative handbook. Ali who delight in owning, handling and using those superbly crafted products of an age of traditional excellence will owe him a lasting debt of gratitude for setting out so clearly and instructively in these pages the fruits of his specialized knowledge. Vissza