Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug Williams (R) wrote: > > Recently I purchased a Leica R6 (to go along with my M stuff), and am thinking > of picking up the book 'Leica R6' by F. Meisnitzer. Having not seen the book > in person, I was wondering if it is worthwhile? Anybody read this book? > Thanks, I bought this book when I got my first R6. It's useful as a manual, to describe operation of the camera, but it doesn't have a great deal of information about the R system in general. It's a bit dogmatic -- one has the sense that the author believes that there is a right way and a wrong way to do photography, and he is going to show you the right way. I found the photographs mostly uninspiring. On the other hand, I don't remember the book containing significant errors. Brian Bower's "Leica Reflex Photography" is much more fun. Jonathan Eastland's "Leica R Compendium" covers more ground, but (at least in the 1st edition, which I have) contains numerous errors of fact. - -Patrick