Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Magazines and Books
From: TM <leicar8@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 11:22:58 -0700

Forgot to include this below: Amateur Photographer's website is:

http://www.amateurphotographer.com/

TM wrote:

> I recommend Amateur Photographer which is published in England. It is released
> weekly and I have it airmailed to my house in California. If you choose to
> have it snailmailed rather than airmailed, naturally the annual subscrption
> costs less. Anyways, the editors exclude no photo manufacturer. Leica, Hexar
> RF, Bessa R, and Cosina lenses (screw mount for the Ms with an adapter) write
> ups have appeared in many recent issues. Each issue contains user black and
> white and color photos as well as news relating to new equipment releases.
> There was even a recent article on Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull who has been
> collecting and using Leica screwmount cameras for decades. Simply put, I find
> Amateur Photographer satisfying my photography reading needs far more than any
> American photo magazine. And its weekly arrival is great! Incidentally, they
> have an ongoing photo contest for their readers and the top prize: an M6 TTL,
> a 28 mm f/2.8 Elmarit, a 50 mm f/1.0 Noctilux, and the new 90 mm f/2 APO/ASPH
> Summicron!
>
> Dan Honemann wrote:
>
> > Are there any decent photo magazines that you would recommend?
> >
> > I'd also be interested in hearing about any books on technique that LUGers
> > have found helpful.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dan