I'll have to stop with the +1 stuff. I understand that's facebook lingo
and I'm not and will not be a facebook user. But I like the book in
whatever lingo.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/24/2013 5:02 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> 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
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.soultheft.com
> 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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