Comprehensive Guide For Camera Collectors

Illustrated with over 500 color photographs of vintage cameras and many images captured with them, here is a comprehensive book for collectors. It tells the story of photography from the camera obscura to digital imaging, with all the major cameras in-between. Early inventors and photographers are highlighted in a discussion of the evolution of cameras Camera groupings are based on format and function. Collectors will learn how to examine, care for, and test a camera, and will find the current price ranges of classic cameras invaluable. The glossary is a primer for the beginning collector and a refresher for the professional.

A comprehensive and current guide that describes and illustrates Kodak cameras from antiques up to today's models.

The most comprehensive guide to over 40,000 cameras from the earliest years to the present. Over 20% of the cameras listed in this guide can not be found in any other book. Over 10,000 clear, sharp illustrations to aid in identification. Detailed historical and technical information. Capsule histories of camera manufacturers. Fully indexed. This book is a MUST for all camera collectors and antique buffs. Over 15,000 new camera listings added since the previous edition. Also included is a listing of museums and collectors clubs from around the world. Dating of cameras by patent number and shutter types. This is the standard reference worldwide for collectible cameras.

Thoroughly revised, brought up to date, and completely reset with some 60% more pages. The layout has been redesigned to make this edition much easier to use as a work of reference. All the numerous new products introduced since the first edition are included. Two new chapters have been added, one on Leica Digital Cameras and one on Leicina Cine Cameras, and a new section on leather cases. Additional information, corrections and comments from readers all over the world have been incorporated.

This book takes an in-depth look at the popular world of cine cameras collecting.ÿ In three sections, the book begins with a detailed history, covering the pioneers of the late 19th century through to the demise of the cine camera in the 1980s.ÿ The second section looks at specific cameras and styles, dealing with landmarks and unusual and innovative designs.ÿ The third section comprises a comprehensive directory of manufacturers and the cameras they produced.

John Wade briefly introduces the collector to the early days of photography that led to the post-war period, then guides the reader through the many different styles, shapes, specifications and advances in technology that make up the era between 1945 and 1985. The result is a well-illustrated and comprehensive book.