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Which Board? => Articles => Topic started by: Michael Raso on February 03, 2015, 06:49:27 PM
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Mark Dalzell's overview of the vintage camera bible! - McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras
http://youtu.be/Gk2YOcmO5W4 (http://youtu.be/Gk2YOcmO5W4)
"McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras is an English-language reference book and world leading camera guide for camera enthusiasts published by Centennial Photo in Grantsburg, Wisconsin, USA. The editors are James M. McKeown and Joan C. McKeown.
The book is known to most collectors simply as 'McKeown's,'. The recent 12th edition (2005-2006) is 1248 pages long and includes over 10,000 photos and 40.000 cameras."
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Quite a piece of work, 40.000 cameras!
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I was looking through that recently with the owner of a local antique shop. I was amazed at how many cameras were covered in it. I may get an outdated one off eBay just to use as a reference. A new one is quite expensive, I could get a nice camera for that price.
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I have the Eastman House's 500 Cameras which showcases the most important models in history. It's nowhere as huge as the McKeowns but an interesting read at an affordable price.
I once handled the big guide and I must say the amount of information in it is just mind numbing!
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thanks for this, I just bought a copy from Amazon US for $40 which a friend will bring over to the UK for me in their suitcase in the spring.
Amazon.uk wants over £400 for it!
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i have an older version