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Title: Collecting and Using Classic Cameras by Ivor Matanle ISBN: 0-500-27656-0 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: April, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $31.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.11 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Matanle's camera writings encourage reading over and over
Comment: Ivor Matanle knows cameras as well as we know our own faces in the mirror, and his love and understanding of their strengths and weaknesses makes for informative and fascinating reading.
This is a wonderful book for browsing and/or serious study. The writing is first rate. The illustrations are fine photos and are inserted close to the accompanying text.
If you are a collector or merely want to learn more about these mechanical and optical marvels, you owe yourself the treat of reading this book.You will be richly rewarded.
His other book, "Classic SLR's" is equally rewarding. I refer to both books regularly. What a writer!
Rating: 5
Summary: catnip for the classic camera user
Comment: if you are interested in using classic cameras (defined by the author for the purpose of this book as 20's to 60's 35mm and rollfilm cameras), this is as nice a volume as i've come across. there's some truth to the comments about the author's personal photographs being a bit unpolished, but 1) the quality is standard for most camera-oriented books and 2) they do add a personal touch to what is, after all, a personal treatise. i also appreciate the author's contention that using the classic camera is a sort of fetish (NOT his words) that's difficult to articulate or justify on purely technical grounds.
the only other books that i've encountered that may better matanle's book are jason schneider's excellent collection of 80's Modern Photography columns "Camera Collecting" volumes I-III, which unfortunately out of print and cost hundreds of dollars.
Rating: 3
Summary: Enthusiastic, opinionated, but lean on substance.
Comment: Mr. Matanle makes his opinions known, and he frequently can put forth a compelling case for a favorite marque. For the novice collector or photographer interested in using classic cameras, he provides an accessible start. Beyond that introduction, less general texts will likely yeild more substantive information.
Both of his books on classic cameras are heavily illustrated with his own photographs, which are, sadly, unrelentingly amateurish, murky, gritty and just plain lacking in any technical proficiency in black and white printmaking. Talk about making sow's ears from silk purses! The classic tools he describes deserve far better representation.
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Title: Selecting and Using Classic Cameras by Michael Levy, Mike Levy ISBN: 1584280549 Publisher: Amherst Media Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Collecting and Using Classic Slrs by Ivor Matanle ISBN: 0500279012 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: July, 1997 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Restoring Classic & Collectable Cameras by Thomas Tomosy ISBN: 0936262591 Publisher: Amherst Media Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: The Collector's Guide to Classic Cameras, 1945-85 by John Wade ISBN: 1897802110 Publisher: Hove Books Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Collector's Guide to Kodak Cameras by James M. McKeown, Joan C. McKeown ISBN: 0931838029 Publisher: Centennial Photo Service Pub. Date: October, 1981 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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