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The Leica is a great camera, made even better by the wealth of info published over the years to help get the most out of its use. Not just instruction manuals (which are gems in themselves for step-by-step help) but also the many books and magazines that have been printed since the 1930's. In Germany, the company issued Leica Fotografie, which evolved over the years into Leica Fotografie International, and now shortened to just LFI. In the U.S., Ernst Leitz, Inc. - the American retailer for Leica products - printed Leica Photography magazine which started as a monthly, and by the time publication ceased had become an annual journal. Most all magazines printed prior to the last few years are now out of print (OOP) and increasingly difficult to find.
Besides the great tips for getting the most out of your Leica gear, you'll find info about photographing in general. Articles abound for how to take macros and close-ups, or use a telephoto lens to best effect, how to handle natural and artificial light situations, the characteristics of different types of film and how to develop and print pictures. Newer issues offer articles that compare features of scanners, editing and printing digital images, data on lens and sensor resolutions, and more. Older mags are also great for their wonderful vintage advertising - in fact, some customers even cut out and frame old ads to hang in their home or office!
Our goal at LeicaMagazines.com is to scour the world for these disappearing gems and assemble them here for analog and digital photographers, camera collectors, and lovers of photography. Leica mags and books are loaded with how-to info, some of the best and most inspiring examples of photos taken by amateurs and professionals around the globe (and even in outer space!). So whether you have an original Barnack Leica A, or a 1970's Leicaflex, or a Leica R or S1, or a brand new digital Leica M9 or X1, you'll find information here of value.
SEARCH HINTS - Simple searches work best. Try entering only a camera model name (like R3 or IIIg), a photographer's last name (like Eisenstaedt), or a year of publication (like 1935). Complex search strings of keywords will often return zero results.
