What Chuck says. The Shipman books (I have had several) are generally
disappointing in comparison to Mannheim's - even though Mannheim only covers
models from OM-1 to OM-2n. Shipman has very little detailed coverage, but
plenty of coeverage which is generic to SLR cameras.
Better, to my mind, are the various Olympus handbooks, at least some of
which had been assembled by Peter Gilbert at Deakin U in Australia. They
were hosted at zuikoholic.com, but that has vanished. Anybody have any ideas
where to look?
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 July 2010 12:03
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Possibly interesting OM book on the 'bay
I have two of them with copyright dates of 1982 and 1987. There are
versions with dates of 1979, 81, 82, 83, 85 and 87. The 1987 book is the
one illustrated on ebay and could be the last of the series but I don't know
that. Obviously, the book's contents seem edited down to meet a page count.
The 1982 version is 200 pages while the 1987 book is only 176 pages. Much
of the page count reduction is attributable to a smaller font but the book
doesn't cover all models... perhaps only what was currently available new at
the time of publication. The 1982 book only covers the OM-1n, OM-2n and the
various incarnations of the OM-10.
The 1987 book covers the OM-1n, OM-2s, OM-3, OM-4 and 4Ti, OM-PC and
OM-77AF. There are only a few pages specific to each model and the majority
of the coverage is general usage and use of accessories.
Shipman wrote similar books not only for Olympus but also Canon, Minolta MF
and AF, Nikon and Pentax. I also have his 1978 Canon version.
Undoubtedly bought for a couple of bucks at a used book store.
Chuck Norcutt
Wiliam Wagenaar wrote:
> Hi Dawid,
>
> It's an interesting book indeed, I have at least one issue of the
> series. It is not as thorough at the Mannheim however.
>
> Wiliam
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: donderdag 8 juli 2010 11:03
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> Subject: [OM] Possibly interesting OM book on the 'bay
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