Thanks for the 'like' (shudder!)
The first art was the original intention of the book - and then it got away
from me.
As is my way, I got a bit grumpy about the utter rubbish I see on the net.
In particular - and it's in there somewhere - I saw a piece of misinformation
go from "it looks a bit like a Cosina" to "It could have been made by Cosina"
to "It's absolutely, definitely a Cosina" between 2004 and 2006 - and it damn
well isn't but every time you look it up, that nonsense appears. It's a Chinon!
For me, a lot of the brand reference section is a bit tedious but it had to be
done.And it had to be factually correct as far as was possible. The best part
of that is the rare, weird, failed and unknown cameras and there's no shortage.
Trying to sort out the Yashica TLR's at the moment - they went barking mad in
the late fifties and put one out every ten minutes or so, most of them without
a model name and many with insignificant changes. The collectors get quite
argumentative about it as well! Sigh.
Andrew Fildes
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Author/Publisher: The SLR Compendium - http://www.blurb.com/books/3732813
On 25/01/2013, at 2:49 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I haven't had it long enough to do anything other than leaf through it
> but was pleased to see it's not simply a list of manufacturers and
> models and features (although that's the last half of the book). The
> first part of the book is the development history of the SLR and the
> functions and features that developed over the years and who implemented
> them. I was also pleased to see that the OM-D E-M5 is in there too...
> even though it's not technically an SLR.
>
> I think the first part will be a good read and the second part a good
> reference. Recommended - even though I've only glanced through it.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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