Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Doug, Marc has already explained the Compendium to me and I'm anxious to get a copy. Regards, Bud - ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Richardson <doug@meditor.demon.co.uk> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 5:46 AM Subject: [Leica] Books on Zeiss products > "Bud Cook" <budcook@ibm.net> asked: > >Is there an English language book about Carl Zeiss products similar > to Dennis Laney's Leica Collector's Guide? > > With great respect to Marc, I'd suggest that the Small/Barringer Zeiss > Compendium is not "similar to Dennis Laney's Leica Collector's Guide". > It is not the sort of model-by-model and accessory-by- accessory guide > which Laney's book > is. Its authors have taken a different approach to the subject, > producing a book which can be read almost like a novel - its tells you > the story of post-war Zeiss in a way that kept me turning the pages > till it was done. I've taken this book to read on a long train > journey, something I can't imagine doing with Laney's volume. > [Snip] > > Regards, > > Doug Richardson > > > >