[IP] Fred Spira, 83, Who Made Photo Gadgets Accessible, Dies - New York Times

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/arts/14spira.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin

Fred Spira, a photo historian and collector of photographic gadgets who is credited with helping standardize modern camera equipment and making it accessible to amateurs, died Sept. 2 at his home in Whitestone, Queens. He was 83.

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