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Re: [OM] +1 for Andrew's "SLR Compendium"

Subject: Re: [OM] +1 for Andrew's "SLR Compendium"
From: Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:36:55 -0600
Nope.  +1 is a Google Plus thing. 


Paul Braun
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On Jan 24, 2013, at 18:28, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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