Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal wrote: Ray, Like you, I also have Arthur Landt's book on the R7. And also his book on the R8 (in the German-only Fotoguide series). Apart from the camera-specific things, both of his books are clearly written by the same author... only a few updates here and there on new lenses and accessories etc. Jonathan Eastland's book was, at the time, suggested by Ted. It's a good book, half of which covers the technical aspects of the R8 camera body (in effect, a super-manual, with lots of info on flash photography), with information on lenses and accessories making up most of the other half. There are only a very limited number of pages devoted to practical photography (less so than with Landt's R8 book). The book contains indispensable information for those who have mislaid their owner's manual, and some useful information for all R8 users. As with most camera-specific books, they are not stricly necessary but always nice to have and to leaf through. Some very good photos too. I consider Eastland's books to be of higher informational value than those by Brian Bower. Bower's books contain some nice pictures (sometimes with very grainy prints, however) but I have found his books to offer very limited added value (and I have the latest edition of his R photography book and his Leica lens book). Finally, both Bower's Leica Lens Book and D. Laney's Leica lens compendium are a complete waste of money compared to Erwin Put's latest Leica lens compendium. This is the one book to have if you want to read useful information on Leica lenses (instead of expensive rewrites of Leica sales brochures and commonplaces). HTH Pascal ====================================================================== Pascal, Thank you so much for your prompt and informative reply. The reason I asked the question is because, living in Indonesia, I can't just pop round to the nearest Leica dealer and have a look at it first. I have Leica's official R8 manual, of course, but I've found that it's rather brief in places and doesn't always explain things to the extent that I need. Anyway, since both you and Ted think that Eastland's R8 book is good, I'll go ahead and order it, along with Erwin's Leica Lens Compendium of which everyone speaks so highly. Thanks again, Regards, ===== Ray "The trouble with resisting temptation is you never know when you'll get another chance!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/