Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> >>What do the team recommend as a good reference book on *recent* M series >>Leicas and lenses? I have a number of questions about M winders, filter >>sizes and other mundane stuff, which I'd rather not waste everyone's time >>with here. > >I like Brian Bower's "Leica M Photography". It is relatively easy to >find here in the states. I also found John Eastland's "Leica M >Compendium" helpful, but there is one inaccuracy which can be quite >misleading in regards to the metering system. He states that you can, in >effect, take spot meter readings by using the frame selector lever to >bring up the frames for a smaller lens (i.e. 135 lines while using a 50mm >lens). This is clearly false, because the viewing system has nothing to >do with the meter reading in the M6. The size of the area of a scene >metered is exclusively dictated by which lens is mounted on the camera. Bower's book is available from Amazon.Com. I have not been able to locate the "Leica M Compendium". Do you have any info on where it's available in the US?