johnastovall Posted January 13, 2008 Share #1 Posted January 13, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) What are the best Leica reference books for bodies, lenses and accessories. I currently only have Puts' book on lenses. I'm really wanting to find some thing on both LTM and M-mount bodies and better details for identification of lenses than Puts has. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mole73 Posted January 13, 2008 Share #2 Posted January 13, 2008 My reference book is the "Leica Collector´s Guide 2. Edition" from Dennis Laney. You can find in there everything you want. It has 24 chapters full of every info of the Leitz and Leica products. Greetings Robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted January 13, 2008 Share #3 Posted January 13, 2008 What are the best Leica reference books for bodies, lenses and accessories. I currently only have Puts' book on lenses. I'm really wanting to find some thing on both LTM and M-mount bodies and better details for identification of lenses than Puts has. The 3 books from James Lager : #I for cameras, # II for lenses, # III for accessories. in pocket book size : the Leica pocket book 7th edition by Hove Cheers JC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
telewatt Posted January 13, 2008 Share #4 Posted January 13, 2008 The 3 books from James Lager : #I for cameras, # II for lenses, # III for accessories.in pocket book size : the Leica pocket book 7th edition by Hove Cheers JC me too...but the "Identifying Leica Cameras" and "Identifing Leica Lenses" are the best "Pocket Guides" for me...(GHESTER SARTORIUS) by EDITRICE REFLEX, ROME Regards, Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoskeptic Posted January 13, 2008 Share #5 Posted January 13, 2008 Leica M by Osterloh. You can get it through Amazon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted January 13, 2008 Share #6 Posted January 13, 2008 The Puts text you quote mixes (very well) story and qualitative evaluations: for the story in itself the 3 Volumes of Lager JC quoted are the definitve books; Laney and Sartorious are quickier and very good for identifying unusual items, codes, s/numbers etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted January 13, 2008 Share #7 Posted January 13, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) The Leica Pocket Book 7th Edition is very comprehensive for its size but is now several years since first published and needs a revision to include recent lens additions ... In fact an 8th Edition is well overdue ... I wonder if one is in preparation? dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Cron Posted January 15, 2008 Share #8 Posted January 15, 2008 All of the books mentioned are good reference points for Leica items. However all must be supplemented to some degree. For scholarly accuracy, I reach first for one of James L. Lager's "Leica - An Illustrated History [Volumes I - Cameras, II - Lenses, and III - Accessories]. To supplement Lager's books, and for more recent Leica equipment, the "Leica Handbook 2002 / 2003" and Leica's own website are very useful. For a really obscure item, the various Leica yearly Catalogs, or Product Directories are helpful, but even those handbooks have "errors," in that a particular featured item may not have been really available that year. Best Regards, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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