[Leica] Leica lenses and the Leica Compendium

[Mark Rabiner]

Mine weights 2lbs 4 or 1kg according to my kitchen scale.
Mine is published 2001 and mine is the "LEICA LENS COMPENDIUM"
the "LEICA COMPENDIUM" published ten years later in 2011  would seem to have
cameras too  land weighs  three times that from what I get from Rockwell who
weighs everything even books I'm like that sometimes myself.
You don't need no stinking cameras. Just get the lens one. The one I got.

The one with the cameras in it weights 6 pounds. So that's what you're
talking about.

My Leica collectors guide by Dennis Laney which I've has since the mid 90's
is the same basic size as my Erwin Lens book but twice as thick and probably
weights 4 pounds. And is also published by Hove. And has a similar look. And
is easy to read in bed or in other furniture and I've read it in cafes.

Here is the review fo the Leica lens book by Erwin (not Irwin)
https://luminous-landscape.com/leica-lens-compendium-book-review/
 by Michael Reichmann out of the Luminous Landscape.






On 11/4/15 9:56 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Cc:
> Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2015 23:43:53 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica lenses and the Leica Compendium
> I'm not making this up but I was just reading the Compendium in bed a few
> hours ago. Its not that big. I have many books bigger.
> I don't have a couch. So I do most my reading in bed.
> 
> Mark do you maybe have the out of print "Leica Lens Compendium" published
> by Hove? That is the one now available in a free text only PDF version that
> I mentioned.
> 
> Unless you are related to Lou Ferrigno, I think that you will find the much
> larger self published new volume "Leica Compendium" is a tad much to
> balance on your breakfast tray with your weeties and orange juice.
> It is a larger format and nearly 2 inches thick. It weighs over 6 pounds.
> It covers Leica Camera history and cameras (up to 2011) as well as lenses.
> That one was sold in a limited run by pre-order from Erwin himself. There
> were two editions in print. As far as I know even the second run is long
> sold out.
> 
> Why yes, I do have both books on my shelf ;-)
> 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
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