Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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