Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Charles, There were some comments on the LUG just recently about this magazine, not terribly favourable. I received a free subscription to it when I bought some gear last year and find it a bit uneven. It often has news of new products or developments - but nothing you can't find out subscribed to the LUG or browsing the web briefly... It also sometimes has some interesting technical discussion of Leica equipment, such as an issue or so ago which talked about the various merits of the different viewfinder magnifications... Apart from that, the various photographers showcased can vary from great to b-o-r-i-n-g - but that's like any photography magazine. For more interesting photography I'd go to publications such as Aperture, European Photography etc. It's not a magazine for camera collectors. IMO I don't know really why there needs to be a magazine devoted to images taken with Leicas and I doubt if all of it is (the recent article about the blind photographer was a case in point - I can't imagine how he'd get by without autofocus...) It's worth a flip through, is occasionally interesting but also has some dead spots. Generally it's not a "keeper" kind of mag (like Aperture, for example)... cheers, Lucian G. Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 22:31:33 -0700 From: Charles =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E9gnin?= <charly@theblueplanet.org> Subject: [Leica] Leica fotografie Message-ID: <3B8343B5.B6F01F4E@theblueplanet.org> References: Could I trouble the LUG for opinions on the Leica Fotografie publication ? In particular is it geared towards photo technique or more of interest to camera collectors ? Thanks Charles