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The Amateur Photographer’s Handbook by Aaron Sussman.  Used book.  Hardcover.  Includes dust jacket.  8^th edition, completely revised.  Copyright 1973.  ISBN: 0690057822.  562 pages.  Approximately 6.25 inches x 9.5 inches.  CONDITION: great condition, pages clean, no tears or creases in pages, no writing, no missing pages, tightly bound, some wear and small tears in dust jacket.  Includes 188 plates in color and monochrome, 140 drawings, diagrams, charts, 53 tested formulas, and 33 tables.  CONTENTS: This book has information about new equipment, materials, and techniques; this includes the use of developers for obtaining higher acutance or for tones as velvety as old platinum prints; how to select and use the newest camera models; details on home processing of color prints, negatives, and transparencies; self-focusing cameras and slide projectors; electronic flash units that set themselves automatically for the right exposure and can then be recharged in minutes; a fool-proof way of determining how long to develop film in any developer, and new methods for drying negatives quickly.  Every imaginable type of photo, indoors and out, is covered: mountain views, landscapes, snow scenes, architecture, seascapes, and cloud studies; night and theater photography; portraits, including posing, lighting, backgrounds, and the Rembrandt effect; the problems of copying and of photographing glassware, texture, and close-ups, and some secrets of action photography.  There are new sections on such recent developments as TTL (through-the-lens) metering; focused flashcubes and flash without batteries; multicoated lenses for clearer images; a monochrome developer for continuous tone prints from high-contrast film; the latest in lenses made with rare earth glass, from fish-eye to perspective control; how to intensify (and minimize) grain and haze for special effects; how to prestest old film and old developers; fungus and what to do about it; the light value (EVS) and APEX systems, and the Ansel Adams Zone system of exposure.  There is a full chapter on taking pictures of children, and there are special sections packed full of helpful information on contrast and how to control it, on sharpness and how to make sure of it, on avoiding spots and scratches, on the secrets of perfect exposure with and without a meter, on all the new printing and enlarging techniques (including the use of cold-light and rangefinder enlargers, variable-contrast and instant-gloss papers, enlarging meters and meter substitutes), and such lighting techniques as bounce light, synchrosunlight, barebulb flash, and available light.  There are also sections on trick effects and having fun with your camera; on the use of filters for color as well as for black-and-white film; on recommended meter settings and guide numbers for all color films in daylight, tungsten, photoflood, and electronic flash, and on making slides (color and monochrome).  There is a full, revised glossary and a comprehensive index.  And for the perplexed amateur, there is an invaluable chapter on what may go wrong and how to avoid it, with special suggestions on testing equipment, material, and methods.  The Amateur Photographer’s Handbook has been the standard reference work in the field for years.  Now, with the many additions, changes, and improvements in the Eighth Edition, this complete, clear, encyclopedic, easy-to-use guidebook keeps pace with the latest advances in the art and science of photography.  SECTIONS: a science becomes an art; the magic of light; what the lens does; the mystery of “f”; how the shutter works; what camera shall I get; film and exposure; the picture; people and close-ups; action and flash; all about filters; how to photograph children; developers and developing; printing and enlarging; fun with your camera; slides and transparencies; what’s wrong; better color photography; hints and suggestions; glossary; index.  SHIPPING: Will be shipped by media mail with delivery confirmation receipt. . is accepted Confirmed shipping address required for paypal payment. Non paying buyer will receive negative feedback.