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Do you have a unique or "classic" book?

Started Jul 12, 2019 | Discussions thread
David Kieltyka
David Kieltyka Veteran Member • Posts: 6,448
Re: Do you have a unique or "classic" book?
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My favorite old photo-related book is a late 1950s edition of The Contax Way. Besides covering the Zeiss Contax rangefinder cameras & lenses of the era, and earlier too, it also has a fair amount of basic photography instruction along with example pics. It's interesting to see what aspects of photography were valued & emphasized at the time compared to what we value & emphasize now. For example, in the section on using fast lenses (the 50/1.5 & 85/2 Sonnars) the discussion is all about taking pics in low light. Shallow depth of field: zero mention.

-Dave-

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