Maizenberg Book

Dez

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Does anyone know where I can buy an English copy of the famous Isaac Maizenberg book on repair of FSU cameras? I ran into an FTP of the book on line by Googling "Leningrad camera repair" (I have a troublesome shutter to deal with, and I want to make sure I don't get injured by the spring motor), but I would like to get a paper copy if possible.

Sadly, the Maizenberg book does not cover the Leningrad, so I guess a second question would be "Does anyone know where I can get a Leningrad repair manual?"

Cheers,
Dez
 
Abebooks has one copy of the Maizenberg going for $65+shipping. Kinda steep.

Edit: On second look, it's only 32 pages, so it doesn't match the digital version I just found. Never mind.
 
It can be found online for free. Print it yourself?!

I have it as a PDF somewhere but somebody will beat me to finding it for you by posting a link to it I'm sure!
 
Thanks. I had actually already downloaded the PDF, but it would be nice to get the real book. Not for $65 though.

Cheers,
Dez
 
The high price of the original english edition of the Majzenberg, is due to the fact that it was printed in a limited number of copies (I've heard nearly 1.000) so, bibliophiles could be ready to pay a lot for a rarity.

Those in need of the Majzenberg for a practical/technical use, shall find very useful the well-known .pdf downoladed from the mentioned website.

E.L.
 
nparsons13 said:
Yet his copyright lives on.
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Maybe, or not. A institutional author from the USSR (and few people there were privileged to publish books as individuals rather than in their professional function) did not have a individual copyright, nor benefits out of it. What with the author long dead and the former Soviet states now all in the UN copyright treaty, you might be theoretically obliged to pay some Russian or Ukrainian board (as the current copyright holder) a license fee. But is really worth the considerable effort figuring out how to pay that presumably disinterested (and in moral terms, quite undeserving) beneficiary?
 
nparsons13 said:
The copyright page states 1996--post USSR and not so long ago in terms of international copyright.
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Googlimg him it seems he emigrated to the US in 1978 - his English language book will be another matter than his Russian repair guides.
 
nparsons13 said:
The copyright page states 1996--post USSR and not so long ago in terms of international copyright.
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The copyright page states this:

"Copyright c 1996 by Author, Isaak Maizenberg

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without prior permission in writing from the publisher."
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Thus the pdf copies online, or any similar version, including the transmission would be a violation of the book's copyright.

I have a copy of the book, - one of the 1000 printed?

But nowhere in the book does it say where Maizenberg (or his heirs)could be contacted. There is no mention of any publisher anywhere in the pages. It may have been that the book was published privately. Yuri of FEDKA had contact with Maizenberg when the latter was still around. In the early 2000's Yuri mentioned Maizenberg's widow. Perhaps, if she is still around, she would be the copyright owner?
 
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