Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, the old Leica manuals are very much about photography. What's really fun about them is the sense of alternating between "how far we've come" vs. "plus ?a change, plus c'est la m?me chose." I remember picking up a few tips from the existing light chapter. And having spent a few years with a IIIf as my only camera, I can relate. . . No, I'm not going to subject Kodak Super XX to vaporized bromine in a pressure cooker anytime soon (hold the pot roast). But one had to be better at the craft back then in order to get any results at all, no less good results. So it's sometimes useful to know a bit of the old Kung Fu. --Peter At 01:48 PM 11/22/04 -0800, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> opined: >I realize that 1956 Leica manuals are truly fascinating, and books about >Leica bellows are, well, beyond description. But if there's by some >weird chance anyone on this list actually interested in photography,