Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have at one time or another owned all the books mentioned. I think they are all good (except Rogliatti) but if you get them all, you will have significant overlap. I would go for Erwin Puts's book and the two pocket guides. Nathan On 28-nov-2007, at 14:41, Leonard Taupier wrote: > 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman nathan@nathanfoto.com General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog