My first camera was Imperial Mark 27 that I got from my father when I was 10 years. Since then I've always wanted to have a little better camera with more properties and better picture quality. In the first years I used to trade the old camera in to get a better one, but in later years I wanted to keep the old one and just get a new one. In about 60 years time my collection has grown to be a 500 camera collection.
I am interested in the technology and development of photographic equipment, not only old analog technology but also new digital technology. When the number of cameras in my collection started to grow, I decided to group the cameras according to development topics and publish Classic Camera Books with presentations of the cameras under following topics:
- German Cameras and their copies, 60 pages
- Cameras made in USSR, 36 pages
- Japanese Cameras and their copies, 36 pages
- Bakelite and Plastic Cameras, 36 pages
- Digital Camera Revolution, 36 pages
- Reverse Engineering - Copy with Pride, 72 pages
- Cosina made SLR Cameras, 48 pages
- Petri Camera Co. Inc. 36 pages
- Global Brand or Private Label, 60 pages
- Cameras made in China, 48 pages
- Exakta made in Germany and made in Japan, 26 pages
- Biggest Camera Flops and Failures, 26 pages
- Cameras that made history, 60 pages
- World's most produced 35mm cameras, 36 pages
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