[Leica] Amazon.co.uk recommends "Leica Lens Compendium" and more

[len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)]

Matthew,

I like Erwin Puts Compendium. I refer to it often.

I have the Leica Collector's Guide by Dennis Laney. It is excellent  
so I would expect anything written by him to be good. I don't have  
any of the other books you mention except for the one by Gunter  
Oster. It's a good overview of the M system.

The lens data in all the books should apply to the M8. Of course  
performance like vignetting and corner sharpness will improve with  
the M8.

Since most of these books are maybe 3 or more years old the more  
recent lenses will not be included. You can read Edwins reviews on  
these on his site.

<http://www.imx.nl/photo/>

Len


On Nov 28, 2007, at 3:55 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote:

> Dear LUGgers of greater experience than me.  Amazon is recommending  
> me some
> Leica books because I bought Leica M: Advanced Photo School by Gunter
> Osterloh (which helped me a lot).  What I wanted to ask you was  
> whether you
> had any thought on the following books.  Do older books on lenses  
> still
> apply when using the M8 (because of the crop factor, etc.)?  Also,  
> I have
> downloaded the Puts essay on Leica lenses from the Leica website  
> and studied
> that, would the books add much?  I could put them on my wish-list  
> at Amazon
> as my family are wanting recommendations.
> ________________________________________
>
> Leica Lens Compendium by Erwin Puts
> _____________________________________
>
> Leica M Compendium: The Handbook of the Leica M Systems (Hove  
> Compendia)
> by Jonathan Eastland
> ________________________________________
>
> Leica: Witness to a Century by Alessandro Pasi
> ________________________________________
>
> Leica Lens Practice: Choosing and Using Leica Lenses by Dennis Laney
> ________________________________________
>
> Leica Pocket Book by Dennis Laney
> ________________________________________
>
> Leica Accessory Guide (Hove Collectors Books) by Dennis Laney
> ________________________________________
>
> Leica: The First 70 Years by Gianni Rogliatti
> ________________________________________
>
> Thanks, Matthew
>
>
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