sanyasi Posted August 20, 2010 Share #1 Posted August 20, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I recall that several months ago, one of the forum's members indicated that he was writing a manual/guide to the M9. My recollection is that it should be out by now. Has someone issued something or if that someone is reading this, can you update us on your plans? Thanks Jack Siegel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 20, 2010 Posted August 20, 2010 Hi sanyasi, Take a look here M9 Manual and Guide Written by Forum Member. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Overgaard Posted August 20, 2010 Share #2 Posted August 20, 2010 I think Steve Huff said something about it some months ago. I have also threatened with doing it but haven't decided what form yet (book, course or just let the website article be it) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted August 20, 2010 Share #3 Posted August 20, 2010 I think Steve Huff said something about it some months ago. I have also threatened with doing it but haven't decided what form yet (book, course or just let the website article be it) My M9 came with instructions ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogenis Posted August 20, 2010 Share #4 Posted August 20, 2010 I think Steve Huff said something about it some months ago. I have also threatened with doing it but haven't decided what form yet (book, course or just let the website article be it) Make it an pdf document. This way it will be universally read and be imported directly to ibooks for those that use iOS4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_hog Posted August 20, 2010 Share #5 Posted August 20, 2010 The great Ken Rockwell has one "under construction" LEICA M9 User's Guide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted August 20, 2010 Share #6 Posted August 20, 2010 Make it an pdf document. Or just download the ready made pdf file from the Leica website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted August 20, 2010 Share #7 Posted August 20, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Actually Steve Huff mentioned he was writing one a few months ago. He doesn't answer when asked when he thinks it may be ready so I've given up on that one. On a related note, I see that Erwin Puts has a new version of his Leica Lens Compendium almost ready. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barcoder Posted August 20, 2010 Share #8 Posted August 20, 2010 A forum contributed and assembled book like the LUF Charity Book would be interesting, although it would be a lot of work. I'd like to see the following: FAQ How to shoot ... Street Wedding Studio Portrait Architecture Landscape [*]Safety and care [*]Post production tips [*]Settings [*]Equipment Filters Tripods Flash Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
microview Posted August 20, 2010 Share #9 Posted August 20, 2010 Or just download the ready made pdf file from the Leica website. +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaBraz Posted August 20, 2010 Share #10 Posted August 20, 2010 I enjoy Mr Overgaard's articles so waiting for his book/pdf/article. Would be a good complimentary read to the unavoidable Leica manual. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted August 20, 2010 Share #11 Posted August 20, 2010 There's a difference between a manual - which tells you what the buttons/settings do - and a guide - which tells you why and when you'd want to press/select them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted August 20, 2010 Share #12 Posted August 20, 2010 The 'problem' with a guide or how to type of book is that the best or 'correct' method is essentially different for everyone. It is also something innate. I don't really know how I 'do it', but I do. What works for me probably would be wrong for many others, and vice verca. Some lessons need to be just plain lonely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mc_k Posted August 20, 2010 Share #13 Posted August 20, 2010 A forum contributed and assembled book like the LUF Charity Book would be interesting, although it would be a lot of work.... well you already have this in the form of the FAQ thread. I think the time was ripe for a book when the M8 came out...the Bower book came a little late. I haven't read it; it seems to be selling some, but not a lot. As far as I can tell, forum members do not buy and read the rangefinder books that are already out there, so I am skeptical about getting a mainstream book on the digital M. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanyasi Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share #14 Posted August 20, 2010 There's a difference between a manual - which tells you what the buttons/settings do - and a guide - which tells you why and when you'd want to press/select them. Thank you. That is why I also used the term guide. I have read the instruction manual more than several times and have been getting good results, but another photographer's guide would hopefully offer suggestions, techniques, and commentary. As for learning on your own, I don't disagree. At the same time, hearing how someone else does or approaches something can help you see beyond what you have been doing. If you follow the logic that this is a lonely pursuit, then there is no need for much that is on this list (which I would disagree with). Jack Siegel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom M Posted August 20, 2010 Share #15 Posted August 20, 2010 A forum contributed and assembled book like the LUF Charity Book would be interesting, although it would be a lot of work. I'd like to see the following: FAQ How to shoot ... Street Wedding Studio Portrait Architecture Landscape [*]Safety and care [*]Post production tips [*]Settings [*]Equipment Filters Tripods Flash Maybe, save us the wedding photography, but Children and Otto Croy's Fünfmetermotiv (from Das Contaxbuch, for those who do not remember) would be nice. t. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakley Posted August 20, 2010 Share #16 Posted August 20, 2010 Rockwell sometimes hits comedy gold... " Language I often leave mine in German, which gives the highest image quality." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted August 20, 2010 Share #17 Posted August 20, 2010 Rockwell sometimes hits comedy gold... " Language I often leave mine in German, which gives the highest image quality." :D ....... and sometimes I use my own, which is usually associated with worse results! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrism Posted August 21, 2010 Share #18 Posted August 21, 2010 I suspect reading a Leica How-To by Erwin Huffwell would be like watching a bipolar person cycle through their disease: after a flat, emotionless introduction by the depressive Erwin, our thoughts begin to race as The Huff's pressure of speech gets going in Chapter 1 and then go frankly psychotic with grandiose delusions in La Rockwell's chapter. Then it all begins again. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecaton Posted August 21, 2010 Share #19 Posted August 21, 2010 Rockwell sometimes hits comedy gold... " Language I often leave mine in German, which gives the highest image quality." :DWhich results in pics "made in Germany" or "made by Germans" or "made in German".....? :confused: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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