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# Leica M Compendium: Handbook of the Leica M System

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Review: Leica, that's all one needs to know. - An outdated tome but for Leica lovers a necessary part of your library.
Review: Leica M Handbook by Jonathon Eastland - If you are a Leica M enthusiast, this book is for you. Well written, well illustrated, and a wealth of information on cameras, lenses, and accessories up through and including the M6 classic. Profusely illustrated with mainly B&W photos, and a lot of good practical advice on how to make best use of the equipment. Highly recommended!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #2,664,415 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #29,038 in Photography & Video |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (13) |
| Dimensions  | 7.75 x 1 x 10.25 inches |
| Edition  | 1st English Ed |
| ISBN-10  | 1897802056 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1897802052 |
| Item Weight  | 1.75 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 208 pages |
| Publication date  | May 1, 1994 |
| Publisher  | Hove Books |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leica, that's all one needs to know.
*by N***E on June 27, 2025*

An outdated tome but for Leica lovers a necessary part of your library.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leica M Handbook by Jonathon Eastland
*by J***Y on July 25, 2007*

If you are a Leica M enthusiast, this book is for you. Well written, well illustrated, and a wealth of information on cameras, lenses, and accessories up through and including the M6 classic. Profusely illustrated with mainly B&W photos, and a lot of good practical advice on how to make best use of the equipment. Highly recommended!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best independent user review of classic Leica M system
*by L***E on February 9, 2007*

This handbook by Jonathon Eastland is probably the best independent user review of the more than half century old reknown Leica M rangefinder series of 35mm manual focus film cameras. I am glad to have read this book before I purchase my first used Leica M series camera, it had helped me made my informed choice for purchase ownership and use. This book featured the Leica M series, the Leica M1 to M6, Compact Leica CL from the first introduction of the Leica M3 (introduced in 1954), M2 and M1 to its incarnation in the form of Leica M6 with ample coverage and discussion on M-lenses accessories and special commemorative (collector's) models. From this book, I have learnt that the Leica M series of camera has remained unchanged in layout and design without major substantial product modification and a new Leica M still carries a hefty price tag since 1954. The latest Leica, the now out-of-production M6 as featured in the book with the basic machine (yes it is a photo making machine) as the M3 introduced in 1954 and unlike the digital stuff today, mechanical Leica Ms (other than the M7 & M8) and the CL can fully function as a camera without batteries. Majority of the interchangeable M-lenses designed and produced since 1954 are top performers in 35mm photography and still could be used with the current production model, the mechanical Leica MP, the latest M-lenses could also be fitted on the same bayonet mount on older Ms. In fact except for the CL and M5, all Leica Ms has the same exterior. The author has a little of everything for everybody from the student photographer, professional photographer, weekend shooter, camera collector-investor-speculator to a general reader who had randomly pick this up from a bookshelf. This book also has generous examples of nice photos made by the author. Readers should be forewarned that the subject of photography is NOT the main discussion in this book but discussion is centred on the tool, the Leica M camera and how it would add value to your kind of photography. If you intend to buy and read this book for a understanding of the Leica system you may like to know that despite its detail coverage of the Leica M system, this book is NOT updated with the most recent development because the Leica M rangefinder camera has just recently (in 2002/2003) gone semi electronic/automatic with the introduction of the M7 (a muted WoW for being 30 years behind the Japanese in technology) and had gone into the arena of digital photography with the recent introduction of the Leica M8 camera-the digital M in 2006 (a BIG WOW) while without Autofocus M-lenses. IMHO a radical update of this book may not be due despite the recent changes with the introduction of the digital M8. As far as analog photography is concerned the Leica M system is near perfection and the technology would reamin very much the same as long there is 35mm film cartridge and a darkroom available. I am speculating that once this handbook goes out of print it could instant become a collector's item for Leicaphiles and collectors like the many vintage out of production Leica M camera reviewed in the book. For readers who are doing research on 35mm "analog" film photography and Leica, I would heartedly recommend this handbook together with the Leica R Compendium by the same author as compulsory read. Reading both handbooks would give the interested reader an understanding of the German side of the development of the 35mm film photography. Not a "Leica M camera for dummies" book but an overall balanced and informative special interest book which deserves 4 stars.

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