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LENS COLLECTORS VADE MECUM - DIGITAL BOOK

ADOBE PDF FILE DOWNLOAD VERSION OF THIS NOW FAMOUS LENS COLLECTORS BOOK

This enormous unpublished work was written from the notes and records of lens collector, Matthew Wilkinson and friend, Colin Glanfield. Matthew unexpectedly passed away from Cancer in 1994 and never had the chance to write a formal book on camera lenses. Colin Glanfield and Dr. Neil Wright (plus countless others), put this draft book together over many years. The huge volume of work is unprecedented in its size and scope of information on photographic lenses from 1839 to 2003. The lenses covered are basically from the birth of photography (1839) to modern day (2003) and the introduction of the (then) new Voigtlander / Cosina lenses. Any camera or lens collector, from Antique to Classic to Modern (and even Cine), will enjoy this encyclopedia-like read. Lenses from all over the world are represented - US, UK, France, Japan, Germany, Russia, and many more !

This huge volume has become known as the bible of photographic lenses, despite the many errors and corrections time and the internet has provided us lens fanatics over the past 20+ years.  This is a must have for any research on photographic lenses, plain and simple.  You'll find information on the earliest brass lenses; turn of the century beauties like the Heliar; classics such as Leica, Contax, Nikon and Canon Rangefinder lenses; all the way to modern lenses from Pentax, Zeiss, Canon, Minolta etc.......all lens formats are represented including Large Format. A must have reference.

Included in this DOWNLOAD are both the second and third editions of the Lens Collectors Vade Mecum. The second edition is not printable, it is only view-able in adobe reader and is downloaded as one large pdf file. The latest edition (3rd), which is greatly expanded from the 2nd edition, CAN BE printed and manipulated as you like. This edition is downloaded as a zip file containing 19 pdf files. The pdf files are of very fine quality as is the B&W imagery.  Total size of the download is 300+ mb. The download is in two parts for ease of download on slower connections. On a cable modem, the 2 editions take about 6 minutes to download. After payment is made, you will receive a download link within 24 hours, and in most cases, within a few hours or less.

I obtained the rights to distribute this work from Dr. Neil Wright of the UK, and publisher, David Matthews, also from the UK. In honor of Matthew Wilkinson, for each unit sold, a 10% donation will be made to Butterfly Children's Hospices. The general wish of the Wilkinson family was for donations to go to Hospice Care.