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The first amateur movie-or cine-camera was patented in 1898, but it
wasn't until 1923 that mainstream manufacturers began making
cameras specifically for the amateur market. During their history,
thoughtfully and thoroughly detailed in this authoritative text, a
huge range of amateur cine cameras was made. The four major amateur
movie film gauges are covered at length: 16mm, 9.5mm, Standard-8,
and Super-8, along with some of their less successful rivals.
Unique in a book on this subject is a major chapter on movie camera
accessories, many of which found strange and complicated ways of
bringing professional specifications to amateur equipment. The book
is illustrated throughout with landmark cameras-those that
epitomized certain eras, plus many other unusual and rarely
illustrated models. A glossary of technical terms and an index
complete the book.
The Daguerreotype Camera of 1839 is a photographic landmark. It
introduced the first practical method for taking a photograph,
although what is generally acknowledged as the first photograph was
actually taken thirteen years before with a different type of
camera by Nicephore Niepce. The Leica was the first camera to make
the 35mm format popular, but it was by no means the first camera to
use 35mm film. Likewise, Polaroid wasn't the first to produce an
instant picture camera, but was, surprisingly, the first company to
introduce an autofocus single lens reflex. The history of the
camera is flush with similar anomalies. This lavishly illustrated
book with over 460 pictures looks at the cameras that became
landmarks and analyzes how and why they influenced future design -
sometimes in a big, important manner, other times in a lesser but
still significant way.
One out of every ten children in the U.S. is affected by a
pervasive developmental disorder (PPD). This comprehensive volume
examines in depth the neuropsychological foundations of these
disorders, providing up-to-date, detailed information on the full
range of diagnostic, assessment, and treatment tools available to
help children suffering from PDDs. With an eye to greater
diagnostic clarity, leading researchers and practitioners of
neuropsychology, neurology, psychiatry, and clinical psychology
discuss the phenomena of the presentations of PDD as they
correspond to their neuropsychological features. They address the
neuropathological and pathophysiological bases of each presentation
and how these factors correspond with functional outcomes in regard
to neuropsychological, emotional, behavioural, and social outcomes.
The manner by which these factors are assessed, and how that
information is used to differentially diagnose, will be discussed
at length, along with methods of intervention. The
interdisciplinary nature of this volume will make it of interest to
practitioners and researchers in the field of neurology,
psychiatry, paediatrics, school psychology, and clinical
psychology. Key Features: Covers the full range of identified PDDs
including Autism, Asberger's, Rett's Disorder, Childhood
Integrative Disorder, and PDD-Not Otherwise Specified Addresses
multiple issues relating to PDDs including their neuropathology and
psychophysiology and advances in assessment, diagnosis, and
treatment Includes contributions from a leading group of
researchers and practitioners from neuropsychology, neurology,
psychiatry, and clinical psychology
In November 1943, four years into World War II, Corporal Sid Wade,
a conscripted and reluctant soldier in the British Army, was
uprooted from a cold English winter and transported to the tropical
coast of West Africa. Sid Wade was the author's father and, nearly
70 years after his two-year stint in Sierra Leone, he discovered
the scrapbooks and diaries he had compiled during his time there.
These were filled and overflowing with letters to and from home,
his army paybook, post cards, snapshots, drawings, paintings,
newspaper clippings, maps, government pamphlets, amateur dramatics
and music concert programmes, poetry written by army buddies and
newsletters written by the soldiers. These scrapbooks and diaries
told more than his father had ever spoken about - they told a story
that had little to do with the big picture of the war, but rather
the smaller picture of day-to-day life for young soldiers suddenly
transplanted into an alien and often frightening environment.
Battling a harsh climate and tropical diseases as they trained
members of the Royal West African Frontier Force, the soldiers
found time to write and produce newsletters, paint and draw
pictures, write poetry, put on music concerts and even organise
amateur dramatics productions, all in a region that was something
of a forgotten front, and known to all as 'The White Man's Grave'.
Thanks to these scrapbooks and the associated ephemera, plus the
author's own research, at least some part of Corporal Wade's
African experiences, and that of his fellow soldiers, has been
uncovered, shedding light on a less well-known aspect of WWII.
The 1950s was the decade of the Queen's Coronation and the Festival
of Britain; of family shops and pea-souper smogs; listening to the
wireless and watching the box; when money was counted in pounds,
shillings and pence and weights were in pounds and ounces. It was
when children walked to school and six of the best' was a painful
experience; postmen wore uniforms with peaked hats and chimney
sweeps rode bikes with their brushes and poles balanced on their
shoulders; milk and bread were delivered to your doorstep every
morning and orange juice was free for schoolchildren; and when most
people still preferred smooth shiny toilet paper to the new
absorbent type. The Second World War left Britain in a period of
austerity. Yet, born of the relief of the war ending in 1945, there
was a spirit of hope for the future and new beginnings, from which
grew a climate that was a comforting mix of the traditional past
blended with exciting glimpses of an exhilarating future. John Wade
records briefly some of the great achievements and events of the
1950s, but concentrates more on what it was like for ordinary
British people living their lives during a far from ordinary
decade.
An accessible, design-led guide to the coolest, most collectible
vintage film cameras combined with a practical reference to
discovering the authentic buzz of shooting with film. Retro Cameras
is a stylish, design-led guide to classic and retro cameras aimed
at those who want to discover the world of analogue photography. It
includes more than 100 camera models, from the easily affordable to
the highly collectible, in 13 formats: 35 mm SLRs; 35 mm
Rangefinders; 35 mm Viewfinder Cameras; Roll Film SLRs; Sheet and
Roll Film Folding Cameras; Twin Lens Reflexes; Instamatics; Stereo
Cameras; Panoramic and Wide-angle Cameras; Miniature Cameras and
Instant Cameras. Supplementing an already comprehensive resource
are quick reference shooting guides for each format, as well as a
section on retro camera accessories. With over 400 specially
commissioned photographs, practical advice on how to use and get
the most out of each camera, buyers' tips and a dedicated glossary,
Retro Cameras is a perfect reference for young photographers who
want to get creative with analogue photography, while also offering
authoritative guidance for more experienced collectors and
enthusiasts.
Books about war and the pictures that came out of conflict usually
concentrate on the picture content. But behind every picture there
is a camera - and that's what this book is about. Profusely
illustrated throughout with pictures of the cameras, rather than
the pictures they took, it looks at 100 years of conflict from the
Crimean War to the Korean War. It begins in the days when a
photographer needed to be more of a scientist than an artist, such
were the difficulties of shooting and processing any photograph. It
ends with the cameras whose compact dimensions, versatility and
ease of use meant that photographers could largely forget the
science and concentrate on the art. Some cameras simply recorded
events. Others defined and changed the way those events proceeded.
These were the cameras that went to war, and this is their story.
Over the years many weird and wonderful types of transport have
come and gone, some of which succeeded against all odds, others
that spectacularly failed, and some that never got beyond a
designer's drawing board. Railway engines driven by horses, for
example. Or maybe the surprising number of cars, boats and trains
driven by aeroplane propellers. In this book you will find cars
that flew, cars that floated on water and boats that ran on roads;
steam-powered aeroplanes, electric submarines, railways driven by
pneumatic air, aircraft with flapping wings and a whole lot more.
If you are a person who would like to have flown in an airship, or
travelled in a train whose carriage sat on stilts above the sea
with its tracks below the water, or dreamed of riding on a London
to New York railway that took twelve days to travel the long way
around the world, or maybe just fancied fixing your bicycle to a
railway track, then this book is for you.
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Songs and Poems
John Wade Thirlwall
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Songs and Poems
John Wade Thirlwall
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Over 500 crisp color photos display the wide range of cameras
produced from the earliest days of photography to the rise of the
digital age. The informative text provides a history of cameras,
organized into chapters by various camera types, including
snapshot, folding, rangefinder, single lens reflex, twin lens
reflex, stereo, panoramic, miniature, and spy cameras. Cameras
within each chapter are arranged chronologically to show the
development of the camera type. Every camera presented has earned
its place by meeting one or more of these criteria: it is a major
landmark; epitomizes a certain era; is rare or a prototype;
contains something different or unusual in the design; and/or is
especially weird or strange. Rounding out this engrossing guide are
a glossary of technical terms and an index. This book will be
enjoyed by camera collectors, photo historians, and all who have
ever captured life on film or in pixels.
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