Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, (here's my 0.2) it's true, you won't learn much about photo using PS cameras. And - while it is indispensable to have a good library in your vicinity, I'd say any beginner needs just one introductory (hand)book at home - if any specific needs arise, he/she will know what book to look for! To me at least, I just can't imagine carrying books (either for reading or reference, no matter) around when shooting - you won't have the time to use them in the field - so read the texts when at home, it'll give you more headway to brood over your mistakes - and you'll have more time to think how to correct them! I've translated Hedgecoe's book into Latvian, so I feel like supporting his product - he covers nearly everything a beginner might be interested in, and it's nothing wrong to imitate a good example. Too bad only, usually he mentions Leicas (and RFs in general) just to inform of them. Yours Martin Hi !!! I'm just a newbie photographer, i think photographer is a word too much exagerated for my possibilities, that i bought a Leica camera some time ago. It's, i'm just remembering, a ZX model , i think. A low-budget P&S camera... I would like to learn to shot photos with a minimum quality and i was thinking about going to a course and buying one or two books about photography for nerds. :-) (my desire to learn photography is only comparable to the bad photos i shot) . I have been seeing amazon.com and i have found a leica pocket guide, but i don't know about what it is the book... Also, i have some books that seems interesting, like the Kodak Guide to 35 mm photography, the John Hedgecoe's New Introductory Photography course and a new one called Using your Camera , from George Schaub... But maybe you could give me some clever advice... Thanks a lot. :-) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html