.... The structuring of texts and subjects is all but optimal ....
Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Thiele, Schwarzenbeck, 13 December 2001

.... brilliantly photographed equipment catalogue covering the technology collection of the Filmmuseum Potsdam ...
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... very enthusiastic about the beautiful photos and the fact that, after the Cinémathéque Francaise, you are the first to make a catalogue covering your equipment stock. ...
Dr. Martin Loiperdinger, University of Trier, 25 June 2001

... Anybody with interested in historical film technology in a broader sense will study the volume with great pleasure. No volume that could be compared with this one is known to me.
Rolf Raschka, 21 September 01

.... In each of the eight chapters of the book ... cine-film and its use for amateurs, education and professional fields has been considered. Many very good illustrations of instruments complement the text about the museum treasures, their manufacturers, their practical use and technical properties. ...
Kurt Enz in "Fernseh- und Kinotechnik", Vol. 7 / 2001

... thus the museum had the idea to at least make its largely invisible technical treasures, stored away and taken good care of in the museum restoration workshop, available in the form of a book. The ... expertly designed and richly illustrated volume now lists the majority of them and makes their history and many related facts transparent. ...
Martin Mund in "Neues Deutschland", 23 August 2001

... With this book, Ilgner and the Filmmuseum team have put together an incredibly devoted work on cinema equipment in the past one hundred years.
Gerhard Fromm in "Film & TV Kameramann", Vol. 7 / 2001

... huge congratulations on the great book about your equipment collection! ... That the book is bilingual makes it especially useful....
Martin Koerber, 29 April 2001

... It is truly a wonderful book, the illustrations are superb, and the text expertly written with a lot of information not known to me. ...
Soterios Gardiakos, Aurora, IL, USA