This book contains information about a considerable number of cameras that are becoming of interest to the collector. Completely updated to include nearly 200 more cameras and a new price code. The Blue Book, now with more entries and more prices, is the only collectible-camera guide that can be easily carried. Contains more than 1,000 photographs, with a price and rarity code under each photo.

A comprehensive official souvenir view book of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco, 1915. Official publication

The Blue Book has always tried to encompass every possible camera, however esoteric. The new edition aims to include the cameras you are likely to come across in your search to expand your collection, or to help you start a progressive interest in collecting. The book covers "new collectables", most manufactured in the period from 1945 up to the commencement of the autofocus era. This is the type of camera you are most likely to find at an affordable price, a camera both usable and collectable and part of the fast development in the post-war era, from the mechanical to the electronic period. The early period and the important period prior to WWII have been retained and expanded.

The Leica M system has been with us since 1954. It rapidly became, and has remained the favorite instrument of photographers, especially photojournalists, who, like Henri Cartier-Bresson, seek to ""catch life in the act"", to record ""the decisive moment"". In this Leica M Compendium Jonathan Eastland describes the whole Leica M system from his experience as a professional photographer. He explains how to use, enjoy and get the best out of the cameras and lenses, regardless of age. The latest lenses can be used on the earliest cameras, and vice-versa, and the Visoflex, although no longer made, is now much easier to use with the M6 and its TTL metering. Advice on planning and shooting a story with the Leica and extensive tables of technical data complete this ideal companion for the practical Leica M photographer, as well as for the Leica collector and enthusiast.

This book is used in conjunction with The Leica Pocket Book and Leica Price Guide and has been compiled from original Leitz sources. The book has two aims: the first is to act as the constant pocket companion for the Leica Collector in his travels; the second is to help Leica enthusiasts who want to study fascinating accessories in greater depth. It covers the whole period from 1924 to Spring 1996 and will enable the reader to place an individual accessory in its historical context with contemporary Leica models and lenses. Readers wishing to study Leica accessories further and looking for a more suitable bedside companion are referred to the author’s Leica Collectors Guide which also includes comprehensive accounts of Leitz enlargers, projectors and binoculars.

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