Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Muhammed: You beat me to the keyboard. When I saw Ted's message, I was going to mention my 1935 (First Edition) Leica Manual. My mom bought it in the late 1940s, probably for peanuts at a used bookstore in the Bronx, and gave it to me when I got interested in photography. First Edition or not, it's one of those things one should never sell. In addition to what Muhammed noted, there are articles on stage and movie set photography. Available light work back when fast film was ISO 100 or *less*, and everyone was seeking the magic developer that would make life easier. A pre-Kodachrome color process called Dufaycolor. You can even see dental and ophthalmic photography with all sorts of "interesting" examples of things that can go wrong with eyes and teeth. I wasn't around then either. My birthday is next Tuesday, and I am (gulp) the same age as Ted's book. If I'd been born 5 or 6 weeks later, I'd be the same age as the M3! --Peter At 08:29 PM 11/21/04 -0800, Muhammed Chishty wrote: >The oldest "Leica" book I have is The Leica Manual >(2nd Edition) by Willard Morgan, Henry Lester and >Contributors, published in 1937 by Morgan & Lester, >Publishers. > >The book is a treasure chest of information about >Leica cameras and lenses, films and developers, and >photographic techniques. There are articles about >every type of photography you can imagine, including. . . > >I was not actually around in 1937 taking photos with >my Leica camera! But I do enjoy collecting and >reading old books. :-)