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Anyone received Mr Puts new Compendium yet?


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Peter, my copy arrived with those pages intact in Australia today. No little Pocket book that people are mentioning though! Something has gone very wrong in the binding by the sound of that. That would be maddening. I hope that Erwin can replace your copy for you.

 

In good Leica tradition there are always special lenses and cameras. And the book of Mr Puts is no exeption to the rule.:cool:

What happened? Well, I received my copy last week, May 10th, started to read. And thanks to LFI (about lens production and the Summarit M line) I was curious to know what was in the Leica Compendium about the Summarit 35mm, page 428.

Wow! No way! Pagenumbers went from 416 to 433. :eek:

So I suppose the value of the book is even more with less pages! Again a collector's item is born.:D:D

Peter

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On first glance through, all of the pages, even the ones on wide angle lenses are white right to the corners with no magenta nor cyan visible. I noticed a couple of typos which are trivial for me in comparison to the excellent resource that this book provides.

 

Now we await complaints that there should be a digital CL version. It should be smaller, have optional two handed manual page turning, be smaller and cost half as much. Also my copy will not fit in the same bookshelf as the old one. I demand that the bookcase be repaired under the book warranty. I heard a rumour that Nikon will be producing a version and of course Canon would have been able to deliver my copy much faster.

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Mine came yesterday to Vancouver, Canada.

 

It is more than expected in size, weight and content (and in typos, mislabled photos and other errors). You just fee that Erwin chewed off a bit more than he could swallow on his own. Some linguistic and editorial help would certainly have made the book worth an additional $10 or €10.

 

However, on balance it is a great achievement and is definitely worth it to me.

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USPS delivered the book today to my door steps, quite heavy, more in line with the weight of my Telyts rather than the 28/2.8 M-lens.:D

Thankfully, Mr Puts also covered the Telyts in the last few pages. Splendid.:)

The promised digital version will be fun to search in.:cool:

 

K-H.

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"Und schon im Genuss tauml' ich nach Begierde". :D

 

Howard,

 

Richtig erkannt: "So tauml ich von Begierde zu Genuß, und im Genuß verschmacht ich nach Begierde.":cool:

 

Aus diesem Lieblingsbuch stammt auch dieses Zitat:

 

"Habe nun, ach! Philosophie,

Juristerei und Medizin,

Und leider auch Theologie

Durchaus studiert, mit heißem Bemühn.

Da steh ich nun, ich armer Tor!

Und bin so klug als wie zuvor;

Heiße Magister, heiße Doktor gar

Und ziehe schon an die zehen Jahr

Herauf, herab und quer und krumm

Meine Schüler an der Nase herum-

Und sehe, daß wir nichts wissen können!

Das will mir schier das Herz verbrennen.

Zwar bin ich gescheiter als all die Laffen,

Doktoren, Magister, Schreiber und Pfaffen;

Mich plagen keine Skrupel noch Zweifel,

Fürchte mich weder vor Hölle noch Teufel-

Dafür ist mir auch alle Freud entrissen,

Bilde mir nicht ein, was Rechts zu wissen,

Bilde mir nicht ein, ich könnte was lehren,

Die Menschen zu bessern und zu bekehren.

Auch hab ich weder Gut noch Geld,

Noch Ehr und Herrlichkeit der Welt;

Es möchte kein Hund so länger leben!

Drum hab ich mich der Magie ergeben,

Ob mir durch Geistes Kraft und Mund

Nicht manch Geheimnis würde kund;

Daß ich nicht mehr mit saurem Schweiß

Zu sagen brauche, was ich nicht weiß;

Daß ich erkenne, was die Welt

Im Innersten zusammenhält,

Schau alle Wirkenskraft und Samen,

Und tu nicht mehr in Worten kramen."

• • •

 

Aber letzten Endes geht's so aus (natürlich nicht im Urfaust :eek:):

 

„Wer immer strebend sich bemüht,

den können wir erlösen.":)

 

Mit freundlichen Grüßen, K-H.

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Aye, mine arrived yesterday in Virginia. Picked it up at the Post Office today.

 

I can only echo what has been said by everyone else... wow. This is a remarkable achievement. Thank you Mr. Puts!

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