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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
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 Posted - Nov 11 2009 : 10:40:22 AM
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Just thought I'd share my evaluation of this publication:
I've recently purchased this book "Camera: A History of Photography from Daguerreotype to Digital" by Todd Gustavson published by George Eastman House on recommendation of a few local camera collectors here and was pleasantly surprised finding a few mentions of Soviet cameras with photographs like Sport, FT-2, F-21, Komsomolets, FED and maybe one or two others.
Unfortunately there are a few small inaccuracies in the descriptions, like for FT-2 it says it's made for artillery photography which was disputed here earlier and the city name of Berdsk is written as "Bersk" for FED and it is "blatant"  in saying that Sport is second ever 35mm SLR which is a disputed fact. . The author seemed to have referenced dated materials in some cases, and does not look like JLP was even referenced.
Aside from all this - this is a very beautiful and heavy book, lots of color high quality images, great thick paper stock, I think a must for all camera collectors. It of course does not cover everything which is impossible but touches on essentials. Obviously it gets somewhat heavy on some Kodak stuff, but plenty of Daguerreotype cameras.
Here's a link to it on Amazon - it seems to be on special sale as well.
http://bit.ly/FkFGR
Cheers,
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okynek
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Posted - Nov 11 2009 : 10:25:37 PM
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4252 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Nov 11 2009 : 11:37:30 PM
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Unfortunately still waiting... thing are progressing but slowly. Did you need one because I need to put it into our order.
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Michel
France
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Posted - Nov 12 2009 : 04:51:20 AM
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Lucky american people…
It is possible to buy this book (I mean Gustavson)on amazon, here in France… and the prize is… 30,38€ (45,42$)
But, nice book, I guess.
Thanks Vlad for sharing the info.
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Michel
France
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Posted - Nov 19 2009 : 05:24:07 AM
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YES…
It is a splendid book ! (I mean Gustavson).
I just received it to day and the first look is amazing
Thanks again, Vlad for sharing the info.
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4252 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Nov 19 2009 : 5:42:22 PM
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You're welcome. Yes, it's definitely one of the "prettiest" camera books out there... outstanding selection of 19th century French pieces.
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Camera: A History of Photography by Todd Gustavson
