Re: FW: [Leica] Suggested Leica Reading List- EQUIPMENT

[Marshall Hunt <huntmc2@fuse.net>]

I have to put in a plug for "The Leica and the Leica System"
by Theo Scheerer, 1962, Fountain Press. Comes up on eBay
occasionally.  Scheerer writes conversationally, from the
high water mark of the "system."  Learn how to love the
system, why the 90mm should be your first extra lens, how to
use the spiderlegs. Scheerer died in 1963, and Makovec made
a revision which adds the SL. Semi-official, the German
edition was published by Umschau Verlag, which published
Leica Fotographie, and first ran some of the photos.  

John Collier wrote:
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> From: "Sal DiMarco,Jr." <sdmp007@pressroom.com>
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 09:26:23 -0400
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Cc: <leica@topica.com>
> Subject: [Leica] Suggested Leica Reading List- EQUIPMENT
> 
> SUGGESTED LEICA READING LIST- Part Two-- Equipment Books
>     The books are in alphabetical order by author. No one will accept any
> responsibility for errors. Selections were recommended by member of the
> Leica Users group and the Leica Enthusiasts Group. Quotes following each
> book are from the person who has read the book. (I hope!). Enjoy!
> 
> BOWER, Brian
>     "Leica M Photography"    David & Charles, 1995 ISBN 0-7153-0318 X
>         Inspired me to use my small, lightweight Leicas for travel and
> scenic photography.  I would have given up photography  otherwise. -- Anon.
>     "Leica Reflex Photography"    David & Charles, 1991, ISBN 0-7153-9903-9.
>             This book convinced me to buy a Leica.  It has short reviews of
> lenses, cameras and accessories, tables showing
> lens/body compatibility and when designs changed and great photographs. --
> Jay Coleman
> 
> CAMERA, Leica
>     "Handbook of the Leica System- 1999-2000 Catalog Number 920600
>             Pascal Heyman
> 
> EASTLAND, Jonathan
>      "Leica Handbook"  Hove Books, 1994
>           Useful information about the M system, not overloaded with
> theoretical or collectors-only stuff. --              Uwe Flammer
>     "Leica M6 TTL Handbook"     Ajax News and Feature Service, 2000, ISBN
> 0-9536241-0-2
>              Dan Honemann
> 
> GROSSMARK, D.R.
>     "The Leica Collectors Guide 1925-1960"    Hove Camera Photo Books 1976,
> ISBN 0-906447-02
>             Ever wondered what a FLEIN was? This book'll tell you! -- Gary
> Elshaw
> 
> KUC, Hans-Jurgen
> "Auf den Spuren der Contax", Wittig Facbuch, 1992. ISBN3-88984-118-x
>         Hans Peter Lammerich
> 
> LAGER, James L.
>     "Leica Illustrated History- Cameras  Vol. 1" Lager Limited Editions;
> 1993, ISBN 0-9636973-1-5
>     "Leica Illustrated History- Lenses  Vol. 2" Lager Limited Editions;
> 1994, ISBN 0-9636973-2-3
>     "Leica Illustrated History- Accessories  Vol. 3" Lager Limited Editions;
> 1998, ISBN 0-9636973-3-1.
>         The most complete collection of Leica equipment to date, including
> some of my old toys. -- Sal DiMarco, Jr.
> 
>  "Leica Illustrated Guide, 1925 - 1975" Morgan & Morgan, Inc., 1975, Lib. of
> Cong. Cat  # 75-295-73
>  "Leica Illustrated Guide II, Lenses, Accessories & Special Models," Morgan
> & Morgan, Inc., 1978, LoCC # 78-54092
>  "Leica Illustrated Guide III, M and Leicaflex Lenses/Special Models and
> Accessories" Morgan & Morgan, Inc., 1979, LoCC # 79-90513.
>         Bill Caldwell
> 
> LANEY, Dennis
>     "Leica Pocket Book"    Hove Collectors Books, 1994, ISBN 1-874707-21-9.
>             Nathan Wajsman
> 
> LEICA
>  "Instructions, LEICA M6"    Leica Camera, 1986, English edition, #930 275
>         All you need to know in 44 pages.  Read it, put it away, go make
> some pictures. -- Robert Schneider
> 
> LESTER, Henry M.
>         See Morgan, Willard
> 
> MATHESON, Andrew
>      "The Leica/Leicaflex Way" Tenth Edition   Focal Press LTD, 1972, ISBN
> 0-240-50670-7
>             A thorough user's guide to Leica cameras up to and including the
> Leicaflex SL. It is inexpensive and highly useful. --Damian Dlugolecki
>     "Leica M6 - Rangefinder Practice M6 to M1"    Hove Books, 1993, ISBN
> 1-897802-03-X
>             It's a satisfactory if brief technical introduction to the Leica
> M family of cameras and their use. There are some interesting details, I
> never thought about, such as 'how to determine the correct length for a
> neckstrap. --  Godfrey DiGiorgi
> 
> MORGAN, Douglas, etal
>         "Leica Manual- 15th Edition" Morgan & Morgan, 1977 ISBN
> 0-87100-003-2
>              Covers equipment, technique. It has a fine gallery of well
> known Leica photograhers. For the                                 gearhead
> in us all, the equipment is from the early to mid seventies. --Rich Palmer
> 
> MORGAN, Willard
>      "Leica Manual and Data Book"     Morgan & Lester Publishers, 1955
> LOCC 35-14997
>     Leica Manual" First Edition Morgan& Lester 1935
>         The Book captures the excitement of the days when the Leica was new.
> Did Oskar Barnack see a copy before he died?
>                 Doug Richardson
> 
> OSTERLOH, Gunter
>     "Applied Leica Technique"     Umschau 1984 ISBN  3-524-68014-3
>             Richard W. Hemingway
>      "LEICA M, the advanced school of photography"    Umschau, 1987, ISBN
> 0-906447-41-0
>             Paul Bolam
> 
> ROGLIATTI, Gianni
>     "Leica: The First 60 Years,"  Hove Photo Books, 1985, ISBN
> 0-906447-32-1.
>         Neither as encyclopedic nor as detailed as the other larger tomes,
> but much more style (he's Italian!) and he shows the             passion we
> all share. -- Emanuel Lowi
>     On "The First 50 Years" - I know there are a newer issues but after
> twenty plus years, I keep coming back to this one. -- Mike Durling
>        On "The First Seventy Years"- Rather good ratio to
> price/quality. --Bernard Degaute
> 
> Van HASBROECK, Paul-Henry
> "The Leica : A History Illustrating Every Model and Accessory"  Philip
> Wilson Publishers LTD 1983 & 1993, ISBN 0-85667-430
>         Tim Atherton