Manual of Close-Up Photography

Rating:
Summary: Interesting, but very dated nowadays
Review: The book is a look into the "old days" (1970s!) of closeup photography. The equipment advice given is hopelessly obsolete. None of this is the book's fault, of course. Most of the techniques described are similarly old-fashioned, but they are still fundamentally sound in most cases.

Unless an old-fashioned book of this type really interests you, I'd pass on the book. Nothing wrong with the book, just that this day is past. John Shaw's book on closeup photography may be a better choice, though it is (unlike this book) specialized towards nature photography.

Rating:
Summary: Interesting, but very dated nowadays
Review: The book is a look into the "old days" (1970s!) of closeup photography. The equipment advice given is hopelessly obsolete. None of this is the book's fault, of course. Most of the techniques described are similarly old-fashioned, but they are still fundamentally sound in most cases.

Unless an old-fashioned book of this type really interests you, I'd pass on the book. Nothing wrong with the book, just that this day is past. John Shaw's book on closeup photography may be a better choice, though it is (unlike this book) specialized towards nature photography.