U. S. Camera's 35mm photography

By Louis Stettner

Subjects: Miniature cameras, Photography, Handbooks, manuals

Description: Preface; The 35mm camera's simplicity of operation, speed and efficiency demand a forceful, direct approach from the photographer. The camera had to be operated with a speed that equals the flash of intuition in which one "sees" a photograph. If you do not understand the 35mm camera, it has an embarrassing way of becoming just a shiny object dangling from a strap. So, this is not just a book on how to operate your 35mm camera (you can get that information by sending away for free instruction booklets) but on how to put it to use to serve you. My experience with the 35mm camera has convinced me that it is the Stradivarius of cameras. The violinist can play very well on an ordinary instrument but a super Strand gives him at once a wider freedom and range of expression. Once mastered, the 35mm camera has the miraculous ability of giving you what you thought impossible to capture on film: namely, those most strongly felt images of your inmost self. And that is the purpose of this book- to let what is most important in you be seen and understood by others. Louis Stettner, New York, N.Y.