Getting an instruction book for your camera
Not always the easiest thing to do. The manufacturers
still stock many. John S. Craig sells
photo-related publications of all types, including both used instruction books
and high-quality reprints.
Manuals2go.com
offers PDF copies of hundreds of original equipment manuals. Most sell for $6.99 as a download or can be ordered as CD-ROMS or printed out. Mark also
offers repair manuals on many products.
Where I know of a special department set up to field requests
for instruction books, I've listed it below. Otherwise you may want to check
our vendor listing for the central office.
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Canon To purchase an operator's manual for any Canon camera or camcorder,
please call Canon's Consumer Information Center at 1-800-828-4040.
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Online instruction books for Chinon, Ricoh, Sears,
Konica, Pentax and many other
cameras. This is a private individual's labor of love - he does it for
free! About 350 models at
http://www.orphancameras.com
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Michael Butkus
also advises me of these additional on-line resources:
http://www.nikon-euro.com/nikoneuro2/download/download_manuals100.htmhtm
http://henrys.ebsi.ca/manuals/
http://people.smu.edu/rmonagha/mf/manuals.html
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Fuji amateur cameras: Owner's manuals for amateur
cameras (35mm and 24mm Advanced Photo System) can be ordered by calling
(800) 800-3854.
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Minolta is unique (at this time) in offering free
instruction manuals over the internet. To download a book in Adobe Acrobat
PDF format, click
here and follow the links.
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Nikon Customer Information: 1-800-NIKON-US
(1-800-645-6687). You can order on line from http://www.nikonmall.com
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Pentax - If you would like to order an
instructional manual for a PENTAX Product, please call their Literature
Department at (800) 729-1419 ext. 307. They are able to provide (via US
Mail) manuals for all current, and most non-current products. There is a
$4 charge for each instructional manual to cover shipping and handling.
This service is available for United States residents only.
