Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/14

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Subject: Re: FW: [Leica] Suggested Leica Reading List- EQUIPMENT
From: Dennis Painter <dpainter@Bigfoot.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 06:45:39 -0800
References: <B65D438D.C527%jbcollier@home.com> <3A3860E5.2E8CD625@fuse.net>

Marshall Hunt wrote:
> 
> 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.

I agree. I read this book years ago and Scheerer's writing style and
knowledge make it well worth the read.

Dennis

In reply to: Message from John Collier <jbcollier@home.com> (FW: [Leica] Suggested Leica Reading List- EQUIPMENT)
Message from Marshall Hunt <huntmc2@fuse.net> (Re: FW: [Leica] Suggested Leica Reading List- EQUIPMENT)