Topcon Handbook by Terence Sheehy
SKU
BR504/T.SHEEHYTOPCON
by Terence Sheehy - Classic Camera Colletor Publications. Softcover, Laser Printed Process, bound and edged by hand, 8-1/4 x 11-3/4", 70 pages, B&W illustrations.
The author uses illustrations of RE Super, RE2, RE Auto together with a full specification which includes the complete Topcon lens range for RE Super and RE2 cameras. Accessories such as Motor Winder, Motor Drive and Bulk magazines are also illustrated. A complete Chronology of Topcon SLR's is also included.
The main part of the book is devoted to the advertisements used by the Tokyo Optical Co, to publicise their cameras from the late 1950's to the 1970s. Collectors can avail themselves of much information relating to prices in English Sterling during the period of manufacture.
There is also a fascinating section on the Japanese camera manufacturing phenomenon from the 1950's with articles on the new tools and skills that go into Japanese lens research. VERY HARD TO FIND.