50 Years Leica M by Gunter Osterloh
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50 YEARS LEICA M OSTERLOH
English & German Text in one book. Heel Verlag GMBH, 2004, Germany. 9 1/2 x 11 1/2", 295 pages, 300 color and B&W illustrations. High Quality Printing
There is no other product in the world that is as exacting
technically as the Leica M Camera, whose design, manufacture and styling
remained nearly unchanged during the past 50 years. This Book vividly describes,
in words and with numerous illustrations how this unique camera came to be and
how it was possible to continually optimize its functions and to complement them
with new technologies that were both innovative and sensible.
Table of
Contents:
Leica M Cameras:
The
Special Series in Titanium - Mechanical Perfection - Great Ease of Operation -
Sensible Electronics - Additional Bright-Line Frames - Other Concepts -
Exemplary Design - Setting Trends for the Future - For Documentation - The Leica
M Family Tree - The 2004 Line of Leica M Products - Exceptionally Bright and
Brilliant: The Viewfinder - Exceptionally Quiet and Practically Vibration-Free:
The Shutter - Exceptionally Rapid: The Film Advance - The Mechanical and Optical
Components of a Leica M - Automatic Shutter Speed Control on the Leica M7 - TTL
Exposure Metering on the Leica M6 Models - The Unfinished Leica M - Compact
Solution with the Leica CL - Selective TTL Exposure Metering on the Leica M5 -
Coupled Exposure Meters - The Long Road to the Leica M3 - Simply Classic: The
Design - Painstaking Dedication: Perfect Solutions for Every Detail
- For Optimal Versatility: Sensible Accessories
Leica M Lenses: The Key to Success: Leica Lenses - The 2004 Line of
Leica M Lenses - Optical Designer's Adversaries: The Aberrations -
Extraordinary: The Apochromatic Correction - An Exacting Process: the
Fabrication of Lens Elements - Ground and Polished or Precisely Molded Blanks:
The Aspheres Enhancing the Lenses: Surface Coatings - Of Glass and Metal: The
Lens is Created - Fascinating: Accessories
for Near and Distant Pictures - Innovative: the Optimization of Lens Production
The Leica And Leitz Enterprises: The Leica
Camera Group - Leica Portugal - Ernst Leitz (Canada) Ltd. - The Leitz Era - The Four Generations of Leitz Entrepreneurs
- Leitz - Partner of its Employees and Promoter of the Region
Leica and
Leitz in the Public Eye: How the
Leica came to be - The Phenomenal Leica - The Leica in Public View - Straight
from the Source - Information for Employees and Customers - About Small and
large courtesies - The Honorary Leicas - The Leica as an Icon: Cultural Projects
- The Path to Better Pictures - Look it up: Leica Literature - The Leica; a
broad field for collectors and historians - Looking Back
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