Right: A double page spread showing one of the original
black and white photographs in the manual. The quality is superb and the low resolution scan does not do it justice.

Unusual 1974 Hasselblad Sales Manual
     This rare limited edition sales manual dating from 1974 contains 12 original and extraordinary black and white prints dry mounted back to back, and bound in. The book is number 867 (I understand the print run to be 1,00O) it is in good condition and a "must have" for any serious collector of Hasselblad publications.
     The 38 page manual measures 12" x 12" (30.5 x 30.5cm) and is spiral bound. The contents include details of Hasselblad cameras and accessories. The original photographs are by Jen Karlsson (long time Hasselblad staff photographer and Bo Timback.

1989 Hasselblad Sales Manual

    Not as exotic as the 1974 example, this is a conventional ring binder for dealers containing Product Facts and Product Catalogue. The Dealer Promotional material is missing except for the 503CX and 553ELX demonstration leaflet (it was never in this copy, as it was for distribution to the photographic press).
       However, it is crammed with information on all of the models and accessories with superb exploded and dimension drawings. It also contains a rare Hasselblad Close-Up Calculator for working out extension and exposure, with all focal length lenses from 80 to 250mm. In its own plastic wallet. 

1971 CANON SALES GUIDE

      This is a Canon dealer manual covering all still and cine models, including the F1 and nine other still cameras and a number of movie cameras including the interesting Scoopic model, as well as all the accessories.
      With over 100 pages of information this manual has all the information anyone is lilkely to need on early Seventies Canon cameras.