klitton Posted August 12, 2008 Share #1 Posted August 12, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Since I purchased my first Leica recently, a IIIc, I have become very interested in Leica’muchs in general. Where can I find out more about the evolution and history of Leica cameras? Can someone recommend a good book or detailed website? I would not want to post so many questions on the forum. Thanks much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Hi klitton, Take a look here Leica History Information. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
veraikon Posted August 12, 2008 Share #2 Posted August 12, 2008 Look here in the wiki Technik-Bücher - Leica Wiki (deutsch) some books like Autor: Laney, Dennis, Leica, Das Produkt-Buch und Sammler-Buch , or Hasbroeck, Paul-Henry von, Das große Leica Buch, or Rogliatti, Gianni, Leica - Die ersten 60 Jahre, you can get also in english. Ask your lokal bookseller - or some onlone booksellers (ama...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richam Posted August 12, 2008 Share #3 Posted August 12, 2008 There's a commercial website that has a lot of info on the technical difference between Leica cameras: Leica M Guide and lenses: Leica M Lens Users Guide. This is quick info, but I still recommend you check out some of the books. Gunter Osterloh has the best IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted August 12, 2008 Share #4 Posted August 12, 2008 Apart the above quoted authors (Laney, Van Hasbroek, Rogliatti) I think that at the moment the "definitive" are the 3 big volumes of James Lager (Bodies / Lenses / Accessories) : superb, supercomplete, rich in pictures: costly, but worth the price (and they are available separately...): they lack tables / figures on production / years , which are well present in Laney. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
klitton Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted August 12, 2008 Thank you all for your suggestions. I appreciate the information and will look for some of these at my local bookstore and will try a few on-line stores this afternoon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabears Posted August 12, 2008 Share #6 Posted August 12, 2008 Lager Books Uber alles indeed! Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted August 17, 2008 Share #7 Posted August 17, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Another very good one is Laney's: Dennis Laney, Leica Collector's Guide, 2nd edition, Hove Collectors Books, 2005. It has both company and camera info galore, 632 pages of it. It should be said that the subject is so large (and not yet completely known) that I have not yet found one source which is completely correct in all details. The old man from the Age of Max Berek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecole Posted September 4, 2008 Share #8 Posted September 4, 2008 I agree with the previous recommendations, and would rank Lager nº1, and Laney nº2. As for my old friend James Lager, his three large and heavy books "Leica. An illustrated history" are as follows : -Vol. 1 : Cameras, 318 pages, 1993 -Vol. 2 : Lenses, 320 pages, 1994 -Vol. 3 : Accessories, 352 pages, 1998 All 3 volumes are available either in "regular hardcover" or "deluxe" (leather bound, boxed) edition, ONLY through direct e-mail contact with the author at "jlager@bellatlantic.net". Price for each volume is USD 130 for regular, and USD 200 for deluxe editions. My edition of Dennis Laney's "Leica Collectors Guide" is the 1994 reprint of the original 1992 edition; it is 392 pages thick. Hope the above will be useful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
budrichard Posted March 22, 2009 Share #9 Posted March 22, 2009 Why hasn't Lager updated these books?-Dick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabears Posted March 22, 2009 Share #10 Posted March 22, 2009 Because they are almost perfect! Remember ,we are talking about collecting,so almost all is vintage not new ones. Another point is that these book are very very expansive and the market is not so big. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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