Leica makes the world’s premiere luxury rangefinder camera system—and here’s the definitive guide to using the magnificent Leica M8 digital camera, as well as its brand-new complementary model, the M8.2. It’s written specifically for the many Leica photographers who want to take full advantage of a digital Leica’s potential and produce the very best pictures possible.
As a rangefinder digital camera, the M8 offers unique advantages, but it also presents specific challenges, which author and Leica expert Brian Bower addresses at length and in depth, enhanced by his own gorgeous Leica photography. He discusses digital controls, lenses, and accessories; close-up techniques and flash photography; and options for firmware, software, and hardware.
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Brian Bower, a Fellow and Past President of the Royal Photographic Society, is a true master of the Leica. He has already proved this with his books on Leica film cameras, both reflex (R) and rangefinder (M). But this is his first book on digital photography and it is superb. It shows how to get the best from the Leica M8 & M8.2, and the matchless lenses which accompany these cameras. Amateurs, students and photographers, young and old, will relish the clear and concise text with its wealth of Leica wisdom based on first hand experience. Pros will find it an invaluable reference source.
The book covers the background to Leica, the features of the camera, its lenses and accessories. But I urge readers to turn to Chapter 10 - ACHIEVING BEST IMAGE QUALITY. Brian Bower knows how to do this and his superb illustrations prove it. If you own a Leica, this book is a must. If you aspire to own the camera, then the briefest glance at the book will convince you. Brian's mix of enthusiasm and sheer technical know how is irresistible and his book will be welcomed by Leica lovers everywhere.
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Nope, not worth it. I was hoping for a compendium that would teach me how to extract the most from this delightful camera. This book just hits the high points, just barely. A better choice is the Leica M: Advanced Photo School (A Lark Photography Book) by Gunter Osterloh. It's a film camera book, but it really tells the "what is" about Leica M rangefinders.
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I found this book to be helpful in many respects, most of which involved re-stating things I probably already knew but hadn't read in a while. As to the M8, which I own, this book is my first beyond the users manual. Overall, I felt it was well worth the price.
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I found this to be a great book, Im pretty new to Leica so any and all information is useful. I have the M8.2, and yes the book really expands on the instruction book provided, but it does provide a little more insight, some personal comments and some historical data - very helpful
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I generally don't make the effort to comment on products that I have bought through amazon, but this book is so pointless that I felt it important to do -- I echo the other 1-star reviews here -- half of this book says less about the M8/8.2 than the free online owner's manual, and the other half reads like a sales brochure for leica-brand accessories -- much more useful to merely search online for free information about the M8/8.2 -- utterly pointless and a complete waste of money
