Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/05

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] leica books/information
From: Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 08:40:56 -0800

>If LUGers are looking for a current book on Leica lenses, I would suggest
>Ghester Sartorius' new book: "Identifying Leica Lenses" (AMPHOTO BOOKS
>1999).

to weigh in momentarily on leica books, i find the sartorius books great
for strictly factual purposes, i.e. to find out when this or that camera
body/lens was made, how many of them were made, what are the shutter speeds
on this or that camera, what are the aperatures are on this or that lens,
etc. this is helpful when considering the purchase of a lens/body
combination.

regarding camera or lens quality, there isn't any information in the
sartorious books, except occasionally quoted material from various leica
brochures over the years. for info on lens quality, i usually check stephen
gandy's or erwin puts' site. there i can find out *how* the camera/lens
performs in relation to other cameras/lenses.

i use a combination of all three of these as well as other sources (still
other books, leica catalogues, etc.) when gearing up for the next purchase.

guy