Retro cameras : the collector's guide to vintage film photography

Wade, John 1945- (Author).

Summary: "Retro Cameras is a stylish, design-led guide to classic and retro cameras aimed at those who want to discover the world of analogue photography. It includes more than 100 camera models, from the easily affordable to the highly collectible, in 13 formats: 35 mm SLRs; 35 mm Rangefinders; 35 mm Viewfinder Cameras; Roll Film SLRs; Sheet and Roll Film Folding Cameras; Twin Lens Reflexes; Instamatics; Stereo Cameras; Panoramic and Wide-angle Cameras; Miniature Cameras and Instant Cameras. Supplementing an already comprehensive resource are quick reference shooting guides for each format, as well as a section on retro camera accessories."--

Record details

ISBN: 9780500544907
ISBN: 0500544905
Physical Description: print
287 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 22 cm
Publisher: New York, New York : Thames and Hudson, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

"With over 550 illustrations."

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: Back to Basics -- Formats and Focal Lengths -- 35 mm Single-Lens Reflexes -- Shooting Guide -- Canon F-1 -- Olympus OM-1 -- Minolta XD-7 -- Pentax ME Super -- Nikon F -- Zeiss Ikon Contarex -- Topcon RE Super -- Praktina FX -- Canon Pellix -- Wrayflex II -- Voigtlander Bessamatic -- Petri Flex V -- Exakta Varex IIb -- Mecaflex -- 35 mm Rangefinder Cameras -- Shooting Guide -- Voigtlander Prominent -- Leica M3 -- Canon 7 -- Contax IIIa -- Voigtlander Vitomatic IIa -- Minolta-35 Model II -- Leica CL -- Konica I -- Kiev-IIa -- Argus C3 -- Mamiya Magazine 35 -- Olympus XA -- Voigtlander Vitessa -- Leica fakes and copies -- 35 mm Viewfinder Cameras -- Shooting Guide -- Adox 300 -- Diax Ia -- Rollei B35 -- Olympus Trip -- Retinette -- Werra I -- Voigtlander Vito B -- Ricoh Auto Half -- Favor I -- Graflex Century 35A -- Contessa S310 -- Minox 35 EL -- Ilford Advocate -- Periflex I -- Roll-Film Single-Lens Reflexes -- Shooting Guide