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The storeHouse is no longer a photo studio - it's a publishing house. Over the last few years I have produced a series of books for the film camera collector and user plus a number of other idiosyncratic texts, all written or edited by me, Andrew Fildes as I reckon I can write a bit! Some agree enthusiastically. Whatever, I was annoyed by the depth of ignorance and the misinformation on the net so I decided to get the proper data together.
The Blurb addresses have been reproduced with the books. These may change, especially with updates, or just sometimes don't work.
But you can always search under the name, Andrew Fildes, on www.blurb.com instead or google - blurb andrew fildes and see all my other books as well!
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The SLR, TLR and Half frame Compendia were compiled by me, Andrew Fildes, former equipment reviewer and feature writer for Australian Photography Magazine, Digital Photography & Design Magazine and the late, much lamented Photographic Trader. They are updated when time or need permits or demands. But in several years, almost no corrections have been necessary. Only a couple of very odd cameras were missed.
These texts are offered by Print on Demand through Blurb. You go to their website, leaf through a sample of the book and order one up. They print and post to you directly. This saves time and huge expenses in postage costs for US and European readers - remember, we're in Australia! It's in your hand within 7-10 days. Even for Australian readers it works out cheaper and even faster as it avoids double posting. Blurb is now printing all of my titles in Australia.
Smaller books like the Olympus Trip 35 Instruction Manual, The Box Camera User's Guide and others are printed double-up. It's because they used to be give-aways in my shop with camera sales. I can no longer cope with cutting them in two myself, selling them separately to other books and posting out. So if you are prepared to cut them in two with a craft knife, you get two books - a second as a spare or a gift. It's easy to do - I used to do it all the time!
Note - if ordering in North America, Europe or elsewjhere outside Australia click on the flag for your nation in the top right hand corner of the Blurb page for the book. I'm not entirely sure (another cyber mystery) but this may affect where your copy is printed and the consequent postage fees. If you are presented with enormous shipping fees, they may be trying to print in the USA and ship to Europe for instance instad of printing locally. I've had that happen to me recently where the postage charge for two thin books dropped from $110 to $15.50 (AUD). I waited 24 hours and it fixed itself so please wait a day and try again.
The SLR Compendium - An Evolutionary History and Guide
The TLR Compendium - A Guide and History
The Half Frame and 24 Square Camera Compendium.
The Kodak to The Brownie - The most Important Cameras Ever Made?
The Box Camera - A User's Guide
The Olympus Trip 35 - Instruction Manual
Photographica Collectors Books
The SLR Compendium
The ultimate general reference text for the SLR camera from wood and leather to digital. The SLR was and is the most popular form of camera ever created and it still is.
The SLR Compendium was first produced in early 2013 and is in it's first major revision. In here you'll find every brand, every model ever made with its history, design, features and reference images - everything the novice and user needs to know and an essential reference text for the collector. Crammed with essential details but with the weird and wonderful stuff as well. Also included are guides lenses and lens mounts, ancient and modern. There are also guides to technical details and such roblems as model rebranding to sort out who made what.
As it is produced by 'print on demand', it can be updated on a regular basis and reader contributions are encouraged and incorporated, a first for a reference book, perhaps.
Order by 'Print on Demand' from Blurb
https://au.blurb.com/b/4628309
The TLR Compendium
New in 2014 - Following on a year after the SLR Compendium, the ultimate general reference text for the classic TLR camera from wood and leather to the last Rolleiflex. The TLR was the simplest entry to medium format photography, immensely popular, the mainstay of press photographers and portraitists for decades and it still fascinates.
From the Rolleiflex onwards, here you'll find every brand, every model ever made (that we could find!) with its history, design, features and reference images - everything the novice and user needs to know and an essential reference text for the collector.
Order by 'Print on Demand' from Blurb
https://au.blurb.com/b/4744744
The Half Frame Compendium
As witht he SLR and TLR, a complete encyclopedia as far as is possible of the 35mm half frame (or single frame) cameras made in the 20th century. Half frame was the original format for 35mm movie and what we now think of as 'full frame' was original called double frame! There were many cameras made that doubled the number of shots on a film, for economies of film consumption or size. Man are still popular users.
As welll as the half frame camera, many were made with a 24mm square image format. These are less well known and have alson been included.
https://au.blurb.com/b/6639880
The Kodak to The Brownie
This was to be a special edition of the new collectors magazine 'Hunters and Collectors' but that was delayed by the Covid crisis.
The Kodak to the Brownie looks at the period in the history of Eastman from the first snapshot camera, The Kodak of 1888 to the first Brownie, the $1 camera that changed everything. The ability of literaly anyone with a dollar to now record history changed the way that we look at the past forever.
All the cameras of this innovative period are pictured in colour and described in detail along with the peoplewho developed them (no, not George and not even Eastman Kodak at times) and associated technology like celluloid roll film that made it all possible.
https://au.blurb.com/b/10771534
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Film Photography
A Basic Guide
A starter guide for anyone interested in getting into film phography. The author ran a store selling film cameras fo many years and this is based on the questions asked by customers just getting started. And there were many, as film was just getting fashionable plus many were realising that film has some things to offer that digital could not do.
Note: I originally prepared this as a giveaway for my new customers and to reduce costs, I doubled up the format on a standard size. Take a craft knife down the middle nd you have two books - one for yourself and one to give to a friend!
https://au.blurb.com/b/7801690-film-photography
The Box Camera
A Users's Guide
A pocket guide to the box camera from the original Eastman Kodak No.1 of 1888 through to the last forms of the 1960's and a few modern versions of the fantastic plastic era.
In a compact format, you'll find a comprehensive pictorial history, a guide to using various types, full details of 120 film, suggestions on how to modify large format models to 120 film and much more.
Note that this is not a comprehensive collectors guide but rather desgned for someone who actually wants to shoot with a Box Camera and experience true retro photography with all its challenges.
Note: I originally prepared this as a giveaway for my box camera customers and to reduce costs, I doubled up the format on a standard size. Take a craft knife down the middle nd you have two books - one for yourself and one to give to a friend!
https://au.blurb.com/b/4982351-box-camera-guide